A spatial analysis of one of the regional logistics clusters in central Poland using GIS

Jażdżewska Iwona () and Żerek Karolina
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Jażdżewska Iwona: University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies and Geoinformation, Kopcińskiego str. 31, 90-142 Lodz, Poland

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2024, vol. 12, issue 2, 48-61

Abstract: Logistics services are a consequence of increasingly rapid economic development and globalisation. More and more facilities with adequate transport accessibility are being created for the storage of goods, which form logistics clusters. They emerged later in Central and Eastern Europe than in the United States and Western Europe. Investment in Poland's first logistics parks can be linked to the political and economic transformation in 1989, Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004, the development of motorways, and Poland's integration into the global economy. In the second decade of the 21st century, there are more than a dozen places in Poland that can be called logistics clusters. The purpose of this research was to geographically analyse a selected regional cluster located in Lodz voivodeship, as well as its links to the transport network of Poland and Europe. Geostatistical and GIS methods were used for spatial analysis. It was shown that its spatial distribution is strongly related to the A1 highway, the intersection of the A1 and A2 highways and the voivodeship city of Lodz. The characteristics of the geographic environment give reason to suggest that it has great development potential and is worthy of further observation and comparative studies.

Keywords: logistics parks; geostatistics; Lodz voivodeship; Geographical Information Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2478/environ-2024-0012

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