8. Glossary

Last mile

The last segment in the transport and delivery chain, linking the last warehouse visited by a shipment of goods before delivery to the consignee.

Storage warehouse

An enclosed area where goods are concentrated and/or broken down, with or without storage. The French urban planning code specifies the definition, which includes "all buildings intended for logistics, storage or warehousing of goods without a sales area, permanent points for delivery or delivery and collection of retail purchases ordered by telematic means, as well as premises housing data centers".

Logistics sprawl

Spatial deconcentration of warehouses over the years in relation to the metropolitan core. Often calculated by calculating changes in the average distance of warehouses from their...