An evaluation of logistics sprawl in Chicago and Phoenix

Melaku Dubie, Kai C. Kuo, Gabriela Giron-Valderrama and Anne Goodchild

Journal of Transport Geography, 2020, vol. 88, issue C

Abstract: This paper evaluates whether or not there is a sprawling tendency to the spatial patterns of warehouse establishments in the Chicago and Phoenix metropolitan areas. The trend of warehouses to move away from the urban centers to more suburban and exurban areas is referred to as “Logistics Sprawl”. To measure sprawl, the barycenter of warehousing establishments was compared to the barycenter of all other industry establishments in the region between the years of 1998 and 2013 for Chicago; 1998 and 2015 for Phoenix. This shows that logistics sprawl is a behavior experienced by warehouses in the Chicago area, but not in the Phoenix area. This paper discusses if logistics sprawl is a national trend or a regional behavior by comparing these results to the previous case studies of the Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Seattle metropolitan areas.

Keywords: Freight Transportation; Logistics Sprawl; Warehousing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.08.008

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