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This dissertation, Logistics Center in Beijing: an Economic and Environmental Analysis by Ying, Ma, 馬瑩, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled Logistics Center in Beijing: An Economic and Environmental Analysis Submitted by Ma Ying for the Degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in October 2005 This study sets out to analyze the positive effects of the construction of urban logistics center on the development of local economy and the improvement of local environmental condition, taking Beijing as a case study. Building urban logistics center and improving their rational configuration in metropolis could contribute to the development of local economy through strengthening the proportion of the tertiary industry and optimizing the economic structure in an area. Moreover, environmental problems related to transportation could be ameliorate through the improvement of transportation efficiency and carefully located logistics center. However, little research has been conducted on exploring the effects of building urban logistics center, especially in Chinese cities. In China, logistics industry is at its initial stage, which is accompanied by unreasonable distribution of logistics center and fragmented management among different sectors in the logistics industry. At the same time, China is in the process of the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy, during which competition in logistics industry and incomplete market mechanism brought negative impacts on local development, especially the deterioration of local environment. The situation deserves a study on the effects of building logistics center in Chinese cities from an economic and environment perspective. Beijing is now an international center of procurement, mainly for import while its international, regional, and inter-city logistics activities have been on the rise. Beijing has advocated that it th promises to strengthen its modern logistics and other industries during the 10 Five-Year Plan (from 2001 to 2005). It will accelerate upgrading and reforming its trade and commercial circulation, traffic and transportation, and social services by utilizing modern operation approaches, service technologies, and management strategies. Through in situ investigation and Ipersonnel communication with related professionals, the state of logistics industry in Beijing has been investigated. It was indicated that building urban logistics center in Beijing would contribute to the economic growth in many aspects. Firstly, the socialist growth form would be replaced gradually by current decentralized management in logistics industry. Secondly, Beijing's industrial structure would be optimized through building urban logistics center. Meanwhile, it would be possible to enhance the development of logistics equipment and information services. Finally, the construction of urban logistics center in Beijing would benefit the overall development of the capital economic circle through strengthening Beijing's role as a central city and growth pole and its exchange with other cities at the regional, national, and international level. This study found that building urban logistics center in Beijing would contribute to the improvement of its environmental quality. On the one hand, environmental pollution and related external cost could be abated through the rational configuration of logistics industry. On the other hand, a comprehensive urban planning could be reached

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