Abstract Logistics activities are concentrated around cities, for the purpose of accessing and serving these important markets. However, at a more refined level, because of land prices, availability and modern logistics schemes, suburban locations are preferred. This trend, the so-called logistics sprawl, creates land consumption, longer supply chains and jobs shifts. This article analyses the geography of logistics in the Brussels metropolitan area and highlights this suburbanization, notwithstanding the fact that some particularities appear, due to the Brussels, Belgian and European contexts. In a second step, we construct a spatial typology to understand the fine evolution of the Brussels metropolitan logistics space. These results reinforce our knowledge of logistics geography and add a frequently neglected institutional dimension to the extant literature on the subject – wholesale trade activities.

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布鲁塞尔大都市区的物流扩张：走向社会地理类型

摘要 物流活动集中在城市周围，目的是进入和服务这些重要市场。然而，在更精细的层面上，由于地价、可用性和现代物流计划，郊区位置是首选。这一趋势，即所谓的物流扩张，造成土地消耗、供应链延长和工作转移。本文分析了布鲁塞尔大都市区的物流地理，并强调了这种郊区化，尽管由于布鲁塞尔、比利时和欧洲的背景会出现一些特殊情况。第二步，我们构建了一个空间类型学，以了解布鲁塞尔大都市物流空间的精细演变。