Warehouse and Distribution Facilities and Community Attributes: An Empirical Study

R Sivitanidou
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R Sivitanidou: School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Southern California, VKC 351, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0042, USA

Environment and Planning A, 1996, vol. 28, issue 7, 1261-1278

Abstract: In this paper I examine empirically the largely unexplored proposition that the intraurban location and pricing of warehouse and distribution (W&D) facilities are inextricably linked to the intraurban geography of retailing, production, transportation systems, ‘warehouse’ labor, and local zoning. Estimated reduced-form W&D rent functions suggest that the influence of these predictors varies across small and large W&D facilities, presumably differing in the geographic scope of their operations. Small W&D facility rents are seen to be determined by the multiplicity of location factors already mentioned; in contrast, large W&D facility rents, seemingly unaffected by local market access and local zoning controls, are found to be mostly driven by surface and air-transportation access advantages. Overall, these findings suggest a role for a public policy aiming at facilitating the functioning of the W&D sector within contemporary metropolises.

Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1068/a281261

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