» Home        Global logistics and local dilemmas Prof. Peter Hall, Simon Fraser University, Canada Abstract Global logistics which connect widely dispersed producers and consumers are increasingly organized through gateways and corridors located in urban regions. At the same time, global logistics systems are increasingly physically, economically and institutionally disconnected from the city-regions that host them. This disconnection raises a series of dilemmas for the host localities. This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding the dilemmas that confront cities and regions that host national and continental logistics gateways. The framework is illustrated with examples from several sites, including Los Angeles-Long Beach and Durban, South Africa. The framework focuses on the land use, economic and community development impacts of gateways and corridors on the host city-region. It pays particular attention to the differing scales at which these impacts occur; these range from the highly localized to the metropolitan scale. It is proposed that the impacts be evaluated in terms of sustainability criteria, namely efficiency, equity and environment. « Back to Abstracts  ©2007 Center for Transportation Studies, UBC. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy