Spatial differentiation and influencing factors of attended collection and delivery points in Nanjing city, China

Abstract

E-commerce and online shopping have become more convenient due to the rapid growth of the internet logistic industry in many developed countries and are particularly popular and suitable in China. The method is primarily based on logistic points like attended collection and delivery points (ACDPs), an emerging industry for economic development. This article includes descriptive statistics, and spatial analysis to analyse the location distribution, and influencing factors of ACDPs in Nanjing City using point of interest data (POI) of Cainiao stations and China Post stations. The results show that the spatial distribution of ACDPs in Nanjing is asymmetrical, displaying a trend to the northwest direction and a difference in the trend between the S-W and N-E axes. Their layout creates four main core areas and the number of sites decreases with distance from the core. Most of the ACDPs are in urban areas and on residential and industrial land. This study provides insightful ideas for decision-makers and planners to help formulate policies that can lead to more sustainable logistic enterprises development and for the companies that want to establish successful CDP networks in big cities.

Heterogeneity of Spatial Distribution and Factors Influencing Unattended Locker Points in Guangzhou, China: The Case of Hive Box

“…The results of kernel density also showed that Hive Box distribution in Guangzhou were aggregated in points rather than being evenly distributed in a community-based urban space, which highlighted the uneven development of Hive Boxes in urban areas. Such results may correlate with previous findings, which stated that the spatial distribution of CDPs was unbalanced, and CDPs tended to be located in communities; schools; townships; and businesses, enterprises, and office buildings [7,[42][43][44][45]].…”

“…[7,42]. These empirical studies have reported the following main findings: (1) The macro-location of CDPs is usually in communities, schools, townships, businesses, enterprises, and office buildings to share costs and customers with supermarkets, department stores, and individual shops [7,[42][43][44][45]; (2) the micro-location layout follows the principle of minimum distance and tends to be the last 300 and 100 m in small-scale spaces. The locations of CDPs sites are as close as possible to the entrances and exits of their service targets [7,42,[44][45][46]; (3) the spatial distribution of CDPs is unbalanced, with more in some regions and less in other regions.…”

“…(4) Factors of regional development levels, urban functions, built environment, and personal characteristics show a Pearson relationship with the spatial distribution of CDPs. For example, the regional development level had positive Pearson correlations with CDPs distribution [7,42,43]. With regard to factors of urban functions, industrial and commercial enterprises, residential land use, and the area of municipal districts were positively correlated with the spatial distribution of Cainiao Stations and China Post Stations in Dongguan and Wuhan [44,46].…”

“…For factors of the built environment, the preference for using CDPs decreased as urban density decreased, and people in the city center had the most positive perceptions of using lockers and service points, followed by inhabitants of suburbs and the periphery [47]. A significant positive correlation exists between road density and pickup point distribution [7,42,43]. For factors of personal characteristics, population density, and scale are critical in the distribution of CDPs [3,7,42,43].…”

“…A significant positive correlation exists between road density and pickup point distribution [7,42,43]. For factors of personal characteristics, population density, and scale are critical in the distribution of CDPs [3,7,42,43]. Research has found that young people, students, and people with full-time jobs had positive views of using CDPs, whereas older adults and unemployed people were somewhat more reluctant to use CDPs; married couples with children were the main users of CDPs [47].…”