The Study on the Distribution Center Location for Fresh Agricultural Products under Low-carbon Economy

Abstract

On the basis of location factors for the general distribution centers, scarcity and sustainable development capacity of resources under the low-carbon economy should be considered. The Analytical Hierarchy Process model was constructed to screen the distribution centers for the first time and avoid from “excellent selection from the inferiority”. Then, carbon emission costs were introduced in the cost function to establish the mixed integer programming model for the second screening. In the end, based on City A, effectiveness of the model was verified. Findings showed that introduction of carbon emission costs in the cost function could greatly reduce environmental governance costs caused by carbon emission. As a result, consideration of environmental governance in the location of distribution center would be contributed to controlling emission of carbon dioxide as well as reducing difficulties and costs of environmental governance.