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Spatial Pattern Evolution and Influencing Factors of Cold Storage in China

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Cold storage is the vital infrastructure of cold chain logistics. In this study, we analyzed the spatial pattern evolution characteristics, spatial autocorrelation and influencing factors of cold storage in China by using kernel density estimation (KDE), spatial autocorrelation analysis (SAA), and spatial error model (SEM). Results showed that: 1) the spatial distribution of cold storage in China is unbalanced, and has evolved from ‘one core’ to ‘one core and many spots’, that is, ‘one core’ refers to the Bohai Rim region mainly including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and Liaoning regions, and ‘many spots’ mainly include the high-density areas such as Shanghai, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Hefei, Wuhan, Ürümqi. 2) The distribution of cold storage has significant global spatial autocorrelation and local spatial autocorrelation, and the ‘High-High’ cluster area is the most stable, mainly concentrated in the Bohai Rim; the ‘Low-Low’ cluster area is grouped in the southern China. 3) Economic developmenficit.

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  1. School of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, Xi’an, 710064, China

    Jinfeng Li & Haicheng Xu

  2. School of Logistics and E-Commerce, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, 450044, China

    Jinfeng Li

  3. School of Management, Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450044, China

    Wanwan Liu & Shuang Zhou

  4. School of Business, Wuyi University, Wuyishan, 354300, China

    Dongfang Wang

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of the National Social Science Fund of China (No.15BGL185, 19XJL004), General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research and Planning Fund of Ministry of Education (No. 19YJA790097), Social Science Fund of Fujian Province (No. FJ2017C080), A Key Discipline of Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy ‘Business Enterprise Management’ (No. MXK2016201)

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Li, J., Xu, H., Liu, W. et al. Spatial Pattern Evolution and Influencing Factors of Cold Storage in China. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 30, 505–515 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-020-1124-1

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