The design of a spatial distribution structure is of strategic importance for companies, to meet
required customer service levels and to keep logistics costs as low as possible. Spatial …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Recent research reveals growing spatial
disparities in warehousing-related environmental externalities, including air pollution and …

Environmental impacts of warehousing activities have attracted increasing attention from the
governments, the public and the academia. While a few studies have confirmed the cross …

Background Contemporary economic systems are characterised by the increasing volumes
and flow of goods. This attribute highlights the importance of logistics wherein one of the key …

This paper analyzes the concentration of warehouses and distribution centers (W&DCs) in
five counties in Southern California between 1998 and 2014, and it explores spatial …

This work addresses an important research topic of freight modeling by analyzing the freight
patterns, in terms of freight generation and logistics sprawl, of warehouses and distribution …

This thesis studies the factors that influence physical distribution structure design.
Distribution Structure Design (DSD) concerns the spatial layout of the distribution channel as …

Este trabalho tem por objetivo refletir acerca do centro de distribuição, enquanto um objeto
geográfico, considerando-o em sua dimensão territorial. Trata-se de um objeto típico do …

Distribution structures and distribution centre (DC) locations are essential for logistics
companies to optimise logistics costs and service levels. This paper reviews Supply Chain …

Esta tese teve como objetivo compreender as dinâmicas da distribuição de mercadorias e
as redefinições nos usos do território, a partir da implantação e funcionamento dos centros …