Author/Authors :
BAYRAKTUTAN, Yusuf Kocaeli Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İktisat Bölümü, Turkey , ÖZBİLGİN, Mehmet Kocaeli Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İktisat Bölümü, Turkey
Abstract :
Logistics centers, where logistic activities are carried out, aims to increase sectoral efficiency. Due to having developed infrastructure and spillovers, they provide improved loading/unloading activities, reduced transport and production costs as well as increased competitive power. The selection of location and investment level for logistics centers is of great importance. Geographic location must be determined according to the technical criteria. Economic and geographic conditions must also be taken into consideration. In this respect, the regions having intense industry, trade and transport with multi-transport systems and advanced infrastructure have come to the fore. In this study, the determination of the cities, which have logistic centre investment level in Turkey, is aimed to be categorized at local, regional and international form. Therefore, foreign trade volume, transport infrastructure, and the freight size parameters have been evaluated with classic and fuzzy logic methods, and the results were compared.
