Planning Studies, Logistics Network Model Based On The Hub - Wuhan City Circle

As the resource-conserving and environment-friendly social construction of WUHAN city circle in the central region, it related to the success of governments strategic objective's about the rise of central China and the development of HUBEI economy. The construction of logistics network in the WUHAN City Circle is the very important component part of strategic objectives about the development of regional economies. For the boosting of regional economies, it is very important to choose an correct city circle logistics network. A reasonable logistics network has a good contribution to allocate social resource, promote the exchange of production factors, reduce the logistics cost, improve the environment for investment.Hub-and-Spoke network that originated from the aircraft industry of USA has aroused the extensive concern from the business and academic circles. The range of Hub-and-Spoke network application extended to other scopes such as transportation and tourisms. On account of the obvious advantages of scale merit, agglomeration economies and space efficiency. Hub-and-Spoke network has been testified the effective organizational forms in the actual operation from the freights transportation to the production organization. Many research results about the Hub-and-Spoke network have been received presently, but there is rarely research on the applications of logistics industry, the formative mechanism, the combination with the regional economic policy etc under the special regional environment.This dissertations based on the intensive research of reference documents and analyzed the actual operation of WUHAN logistics network and the general planning of WUHAN City Circle. The work studied the Hub-and-Spoke logistics network formative mechanism on the help of point-axis development theory. After researching on the theory, practical situation and math analyze, the work pointed out that the Hub-and-Spoke logistics network meets the demand of WUHAN City Circle. The Hub-and-Spoke logistics network is the scientific choice for the contribution of WUHAN City Circle. In terms of designing WUHAN logistics network, the dissertation gives the"Incapacitated multi Hub-and-Spoke logistics network model"and the two-phase heuristic algorithm. Lastly, under the direction of Hub-and-Spoke logistics network model, the logistics network of WUHAN City Circle is programmed based on the angle of government and administrators. On the other hand, optimizing designing and calculating case study of the WUHAN city circle logistics network was realized with"Incapacitated multi Hub-and-Spoke logistics network model"and its two-phases heuristic algorithm. The two results that come from the two angles of macroscopic and microcosmic view are support each other, it tested and verified the validities of the"Incapacitated multi Hub-and-Spoke logistics network model"and the two-phase heuristic algorithm. The finally layout of WUHAN city circle's logistics network take the three cities (WUHAN, HUANSHI, XIANGAN) as the main Hubs, and the rest cities as the second main Hubs. At the end of dissertations, some advices were pointed out to governments.