Parseh Designers Transportation Research Institute Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering 2008-6598 16 2 2024 12 21 An Approach for Locating Logistics Centers (Case study: West Azarbaijan province) An Approach for Locating Logistics Centers (Case study: West Azarbaijan province) 4403 4420 186369 10.22119/jte.2023.404703.2671 FA Sohrab Abdollahzadeh Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Technologies, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran 0000-0002-8216-6623 Journal Article 2023 06 30 The location of logistics centers is of great importance for large-scale investments. Scientific studies have focused more on the location of logistics centers using multi-criteria decision-making methods. In this research, a novel approach for locating all types of logistics centers, including urban, rural, specialized logistics parks, and border logistics, at the provincial level is presented using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method. For the first time, counties have been categorized into logistics centers using the provincial development document. To select and weight the criteria for logistics centers, the fuzzy Delphi method was used. For validation, the proposed approach was applied in West Azerbaijan province, where no county was selected as a logistics city. Additionally, two counties were identified as rural logistics centers, four counties as specialized logistics parks, and five border logistics centers were ranked. This approach, as a comprehensive model, can be applied in all provinces. The location of logistics centers is of great importance for large-scale investments. Scientific studies have focused more on the location of logistics centers using multi-criteria decision-making methods. In this research, a novel approach for locating all types of logistics centers, including urban, rural, specialized logistics parks, and border logistics, at the provincial level is presented using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method. For the first time, counties have been categorized into logistics centers using the provincial development document. To select and weight the criteria for logistics centers, the fuzzy Delphi method was used. For validation, the proposed approach was applied in West Azerbaijan province, where no county was selected as a logistics city. Additionally, two counties were identified as rural logistics centers, four counties as specialized logistics parks, and five border logistics centers were ranked. This approach, as a comprehensive model, can be applied in all provinces. https://jte.sinaweb.net/article_186369_7b8867c52722069292bf340808163c9e.pdf