Distribution of the establishments of Trucking and Warehousing in Sendai

Abstract

Recently, the location behavior of establishments and facilities for “distribution of goods” has been rapidly changed. In the case of Sendai, the areal distribution of trucking and warehousing establishments is shown in the map. Many of them are located along the national highway Route 45 and other trunk roads near the eastern fringe of built-up area. Attracted by the Central Wholesale Market, Railway Freight Station, Trudk-terminal and Sendai by-pass, all of which were cons true tured after 1960, “Sendai Distribution Center” including wholesale etate, warehouse estate and truck terminal is now in construction at the nieghbouring area and the “distribution area of goods” is growing to play a role as a prart of urban function.