Location factors for logistics facilities: Location choice modeling considering activity categories

On the spatial scope of warehouse activity: An exploratory study in France

“…The essential characteristics that could influence location decisions include the origins and destinations of freight flows. One study has recognized this factor as critical and highlighted the need for detailed analysis (Sakai et al, 2020b).…”

“…However, most of the increase is due to a wider distance range of origins and destinations of shipments, which means a change of the spatial scope, with only a marginal contribution from warehouse decentralization. Moreover, when the optimum 4 locations of warehouses for different types of commodities were compared, it was found that being close to the urban centre is not systematically optimal (Sakai et al, 2020b). The authors explored the relationship between location of warehouses and the transport distances covered by the shipments.…”

The geography of online shopping in China and its key drivers

“…In China, there is an increasing difference in traffic accessibility between counties, which may impact the local e-shopping adoption. Therefore, the following hypothesis is proposed: H5: Transport accessibility (TAC) has significant impacts on online shopping.With the development of online shopping, urban logistics systems have transformed in the past two decades (Sakai et al., 2020). Previous research has focused on characterizing and modeling logistics facility systems, and home delivery and end-delivery movements of e-commerce (Gonzalez-Feliu et al, 2012; Punakivi and Saranen, 2001; Taniguchi and Kakimoto, 2003).…”

The logistics dualization in question: Evidence from the Paris metropolitan area

“…First, the literature has focused on factors that explain logistics sprawl from an urban planning or geographical perspective (Aljohani & Thompson, 2016;Heitz, Launay, & Beziat, 2017;Masson & Petiot, 2012;Merenne-Schoumaker, 2011;Strale, 2013). Logistics facilities have developed in suburban areas close to major highway junctions or major transport infrastructure such as airports (Hesse, 2002;Cidell, 2011;Leigh & Hoelger, 2012;Allen, Browne, & Cherrett, 2012;Giuliano & Kang, 2018;Sakai, Beziat, & Heitz, 2020), providing ready access to the densely-settled area to deliver goods, as well as being accessible to the suppliers of goods. In peripheral and rural areas there is more land available and prices are lower than in the denser parts of the metropolitan area.…”