Logistics Spatial Patterns in Paris: Rise of Paris Basin as Logistics Megaregion

The purpose of this study is to consider the spatial distribution of freight and logistics facilities in both the Paris region and the Paris megaregion (the Paris basin) between 2000 and 2012. A major rise in the number of warehousing and logistics facilities has been documented since the beginning of the 2000s in both areas. In terms of spatial characteristics, this growth illustrates both centrifugal processes, from the urban core to the suburban and exurban areas of the region, and centripetal processes, from the margins of the Paris basin to the edges of the Paris region. The logistics system is a global distribution process from international supply chains to urban supply chains. In this process, freight hubs serve as switches connecting these two scales of the logistics system. This role explains part of the locational patterns of logistics and warehousing facilities in Paris, both at the metropolitan scale of the Ile-de-France region and at the megaregional scale of the Paris basin. Areas of further research are provided; these could help establish and better specify the megaregional nature of the Paris basin as far as freight and logistics facilities are concerned.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2477-09
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309295772
• Authors:
  • Heitz, Adeline
  • Dablanc, Laetitia
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 76–84
• Monograph Title: Freight Systems: Economics, Planning, and Logistics, Volume 1
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2477
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Freight transportation support businesses; Location; Logistics; Spatial analysis; Supply chain management; Urban areas; Warehouses
• Geographic Terms: Paris (France)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01554309
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295772
• Report/Paper Numbers: 15-4649
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 26 2015 9:49AM