In recent years, the location of logistics facilities, in particular with regard to “logistics sprawl,” has emerged as a topic in the literature that is, a process of spatial decentralisation of logistics facilities in large metropolitan areas. The aim of this paper is to look at logistics sprawl patterns in the Gothenburg metropolitan area, in the south-west of Sweden. Looking at a medium-size monocentric urban region that is also a major port gateway for the country, this study provides novel elements in the study of locational patterns of freight facilities in metropolitan areas. It also provides an opportunity to identify the role of freight in planning, land use and zoning policies. A literature review is carried out on the issues of freight and logistics facilities locational patterns. A quantitative analysis is proposed, using data from Swedish statistics about the number of establishments with a NACE code related to logistics, as well as an original method providing a “cleaned” and more comprehensive dataset. We look at data at two different scales, one metropolitan and one regional, for years 2000 and 2014, as to enable a comparative and diachronical analysis. Logistics sprawl is measured by the average distance of warehouses to their common centre of gravity. Finally, interviews with transport and logistics providers as well as real estate investors and public agencies in the region, add qualitative information on the relative importance of different location factors related to logistics facilities and the issues raised. Logistics sprawl in Gothenburg occurs in specific ways, and differently at the two geographical levels of analysis.

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瑞典哥德堡物流设施空间格局

近年来，物流设施的选址，特别是“物流蔓延”，已成为文献中的一个主题，即大都市地区物流设施空间分散的过程。本文的目的是研究瑞典西南部哥德堡都市区的物流扩张模式。本研究着眼于一个中等规模的单中心城市区域，该区域也是该国的主要港口门户，为研究大都市地区货运设施的位置模式提供了新的元素。它还提供了一个机会来确定货运在规划、土地使用和分区政策中的作用。对货运和物流设施位置模式问题进行了文献综述。提出了定量分析，使用来自瑞典的统计数据，其中有关具有与物流相关的 NACE 代码的企业数量的数据，以及提供“清洁”和更全面数据集的原始方法。我们查看了 2000 年和 2014 年两种不同尺度的数据，一种是大都市的，一种是地区性的，以便进行比较和历时分析。物流蔓延是通过仓库到共同重心的平均距离来衡量的。最后，与该地区的运输和物流供应商以及房地产投资者和公共机构的访谈，增加了与物流设施相关的不同位置因素的相对重要性以及所提出问题的定性信息。哥德堡的物流扩张以特定方式发生，并且在两个地理分析层面上有所不同。