The Parcel Industry in the Spatial Organization of Logistics Activities in the Paris Region: Inherited Spatial Patterns and Innovations in Urban Logistics Systems

The aim of this paper is to study the location of the parcel industry, and its place in the spatial organization of logistics activities in the Paris Region. In particular, the authors wish to compare the location of the parcel industry to the location of other logistics activities. In order to do this, the authors review in part one the existing factors that determines the location of logistics activities. The authors use this literature review to draw initial conclusions on the distinctive characteristics of the parcel industry. In part two, the authors use existing data on the location of establishments in the Paris Region to study the dispersion of the parcel industry compared to the dispersion of other logistics activities. Finally, in part three, the authors provide a partial explanation for this difference: a spatial hysteresis of the big stakeholders of the parcel industry, and the emergence of innovative logistics solutions.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.02.034
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146516000351
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 Adeline Heitz and Adrien Beziat. Published by Elsevier B.V.
• Authors:
  • Heitz, Adeline
  • Beziat, Adrien
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 812-824
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 12
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery service; Freight traffic; Innovation; Logistics; Spatial analysis; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Paris (France)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01600345
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2016 2:49PM