Exploring the relationship between urban form and spatial organisation of Amazon fulfilment facilities in the United Kingdom and Japan
Logistics facilities dedicated to e-commerce operations have recently emerged in parallel to the rapid growth of the B2C e-commerce sector. This study aims to explore the spatial organisation and locational characteristics of such e-commerce logistics, by relating them with urban form. The study performs a spatial analysis with geo-referenced location data of Amazon logistics facilities in Japan and the United Kingdom (UK). Amazon expanded fulfilment centres at many locations as part of its logistics system. The findings determine the spatial distribution pattern of logistics with urban form and describe locational characteristics at facility locations in both countries.
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- © 2020 Chathura Kovida De Silva et al. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- De Silva, Chathura Kovida
- Sano, Kazushi
- Hatoyama, Kiichiro
- Publication Date: 2020
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 149-156
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Procedia
- Volume: 46
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2352-1465
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
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Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Electronic commerce; Location; Logistics; Spatial analysis; Urban areas; Warehouses
- Identifier Terms: Amazon.com
- Geographic Terms: Japan; United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01741639
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 31 2020 5:57PM