HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2025, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (4): 192-201.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2025.04.032

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The evolution of spatial layout of agricultural product logistics resources and identification of driving factors: An empirical analysis based on enterprise data in Shaanxi Province

LEI Xiao-qing1,2, LIU Jun-xia1, CHEN Wan-ting3   

  1. 1. School of International Business, Xi'an Fanyi University, Xi'an 710105,China;
    2. Graduate School, Woosong University, Daejeon 34606, South Korea;
    3. School of Business, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya 572022, Hainan, China
  • Received:2025-01-30 Online:2025-04-25 Published:2025-05-12

Abstract: Using average nearest neighbor analysis, kernel density analysis and standard deviation ellipse research methods,the spatial layout evolution of agricultural products logistics enterprises in Shaanxi Province was analyzed based on micro-geographic data.Both overall and regional analyses were conducted, with the geographic detector used to identify its driving factors, and ordinary least squares regression applied to examine their driving effects. The results showed that, after 2015, the agglomeration trend of agricultural product logistics enterprises in Shaanxi Province had strengthened. The agglomeration areas had evolved from a single-core scattered pattern to a strip-shaped spot and then to a multi-core strip-shaped pattern, with a general trend extending from the southwest to the northeast; in the Guanzhong Region, the enterprise distribution exhibited a central leadership and dual-core linkage; in the southern Shaanxi region, the urban area of Ankang City and surrounding areas (Lan’gao County, Hanyin County) along with Shangzhou District of Shangluo City and Hantai District of Hanzhong City formed a “three-core dominant” spatial pattern; in the northern Shaanxi region, a “two-core multiple spots” distribution was observed; the evolution of the spatial layout of agricultural product logistics enterprises in Shaanxi Province was significantly driven by the level of logistics industry development, urbanization, and regional consumption. Therefore, recommendations for optimizing the spatial layout of agricultural product logistics enterprises in Shaanxi Province were proposed: Cross-regional coordination and scientific planning to enhance the logistics industry levels in southern and northern Shaanxi, establishing a scientific and reasonable spatial optimization mechanism to improve the circulation of agricultural logistics resources, and encouraging technological innovation and upgrading of agricultural product logistics enterprises.

Key words: agricultural product logistics enterprises, the evolution of spatial layout, geographic detector, driving factors

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