Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5110549 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 2016 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper analyzes the spatial-temporal evolution of the attractiveness of a country's gateway for its international trade, using Shanghai as an example. The attractiveness is regressed on the transportation facilities and geographical conditions. Seaport development is found to have a major positive impact, followed by inland waterway, highway, and airport development. These positive impacts decrease with the need for highway haulage and with the distance from Shanghai-showing an inverse U-shape distribution. Rail appears to have a U-shape distribution, implying a low application of multimodal transportation. A geographical pattern for the impacts of different transportation modes is delineated.
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Authors
Jinglei Yang, Meifeng Luo, Abing Ji,