Abstract The purpose of this research is to understand how and why warehouses have changed location over time from central urban areas to the urban periphery: spatial decentralization. Over the last decade, the logistics industry has been restructured to transport large volumes of goods more quickly and reliably. Concurrently, the warehousing industry experienced changes in facility size and location: large warehouses have been built on the urban outskirts. This spatial shift is attributed to inventory and transport cost trade-offs: the gains from lower land prices and scale operation outweigh the increase in transport costs as warehouses decentralized from central urban areas. As a case study, I examine location choices of 5364 warehousing facilities in Los Angeles, CA. I hypothesize that (a) the location choice varies by facility size and (b) the location choice logic has changed over time. Results suggest significant differences in the effect of location choice factors over facility size and over time. For warehouses built before 1980, the most influential factors are local market, labor, and seaport/intermodal terminal proximity. In contrast, for warehouses built after 2000, lower land price and airport/intermodal terminal proximity have the greatest effects.

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仓库选址：加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的案例研究

摘要 本研究的目的是了解仓库如何以及为何随着时间的推移从中心城区向城市外围改变位置：空间分散。在过去的十年中，物流业已经重组，以更快速、更可靠地运输大量货物。与此同时，仓储行业的设施规模和位置发生了变化：大型仓库已建在城市郊区。这种空间转移归因于库存和运输成本的权衡：由于仓库从中心城区分散，降低地价和规模经营带来的收益超过了运输成本的增加。作为案例研究，我研究了加利福尼亚州洛杉矶 5364 个仓储设施的位置选择。我假设 (a) 位置选择因设施规模而异，以及 (b) 位置选择逻辑随时间而变化。结果表明，地点选择因素对设施规模和时间的影响存在显着差异。对于 1980 年之前建造的仓库，影响最大的因素是当地市场、劳动力和海港/多式联运码头的距离。相比之下，对于 2000 年以后建造的仓库，较低的地价和机场/多式联运码头附近的影响最大。