The production of logistics places in France and Germany: a comparison between Paris, Frankfurt-am-Main and Kassel

Barbier, Clément; Cuny, Cécile; Raimbault, Nicolas

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Author(s): Clément Barbier , Cécile Cuny , Nicolas Raimbault

Publication date (Print): 1 April 2019

Journal: Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation

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Keywords: logistics areas, production of space, local governance, metropolitan discourses, Paris, Frankfurt-am-Main, Kassel

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Logistics is now a key concept for the analysis of the transformations of global capitalism and a central perspective for understanding the changing power relations within global production networks. Furthermore, the development of logistics relies on the construction of thousands of warehouses and terminals that are essential nodes in the circulation of goods. The production of these logistics zones entails negotiations and coalitions between local authorities and different local and global firms, and structures the everyday life of logistics workers. The aim of this article, therefore, is to analyse the production of logistics areas at metropolitan and local scale, through a comparison between Paris (France) and Frankfurt-am-Main and Kassel (Germany). Based on an interdisciplinary approach combining urban sociology, urban geography and political science, it reveals that the production of logistics places is primarily the outcome of local negotiations and legitimisation processes in which the logistics real estate investments of globalised financial markets are embedded.

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Keywords: metropolitan discourses,Paris,logistics areas,production of space,Kassel,local governance,Frankfurt-am-Main

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[1] Barbier, C. (2018) ‘Les impasses de la “ville néolibérale”. Entre “rééquilibrage territorial” et “rayonnement international”, les paradoxes de deux grands projets de renouvellement urbain dans les agglomérations de Lille et de Hambourg’ [The pitfalls of the “neoliberal city”. Between “spatial redistribution” and “international attractiveness”: The paradoxes of two great projects of urban renewal in the metropolises of Lille and Hamburg], Métropoles, Hors-série 2018. Accessed October 17, 2018, from http://journals.openedition.org/metropoles/5913.

[2] Beirat Industrie der Stadt Frankfurt-am-Main (2015) Masterplan Industrie für die Stadt Frankfurt-am-Main [Industry master plan for the city of Frankfurt-am-Main], Frankfurt-am-Main. Accessed April 5, 2016 from http://frankfurt-business.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Masterplan-Industrie-Frankfurt.pdf.

[3] Benvegnù, C. & D. Gaborieau (2017) ‘Produire le flux. L'entrepôt comme prolongement d'un monde industriel sous une forme logistique’ [Producing flows. Warehouses as the extension of an industrial world under a logistic form], Savoir/Agir, 39:66-72.

[4] Bernes, J. (2013) ‘Logistics, counterlogistics and the communist prospect', Endnotes, September. Accessed March 30, 2017 from https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/3/en/jasper-bernes-logistics-counterlogistics-and-the-communist-prospect.

[5] Bonacich, E. & J.B. Wilson (2008) Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

[6] Brennetot, A., M. Bussi & Y. Guermond (2013) ‘Le Grand Paris et l'axe Seine’ [The greater Paris and the seine axis], Métropoles, 13. Accessed December 15, 2013 from http://metropoles.revues.org/4788.

[7] Cidell, J. (2015) ‘Distribution centers as distributed places', in J. Urry, T. Birtchnell & S. Savitsky (eds), Cargomobilities: Moving Materials in a Global Age, New York: Routledge:17-34.

[8] Cowen, D. (2014) The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

[9] Dablanc, L. & A. Frémont (eds) (2015) La métropole logistique [The logistics metropolis], Paris: Armand Colin.

[10] Dablanc, L. & C. Ross (2012) ‘Atlanta: A mega logistics center in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM)', Journal of Transport Geography, 24:432-42.

[11] Danyluk, M. (2018) ‘Capital's logistical fix: Accumulation, globalization, and the survival of capitalism', Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 36:630-47. Accessed April 9, 2017 from doi:10.1177/0263775817703663.

[12] De Lara, J. (2013) ‘Goods movement and metropolitan inequality', in P.V. Hall & M. Hesse (eds), Cities, Regions and Flows, Abingdon: Routledge:75-91.

[13] Fainstein, S.S. (2001) The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980-2000, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press.

[14] Fromholdt-Eisebith, M. (2012) ‘From exit to excellence: Turning old industry regions into knowledge regions through triple helix processes', in M. Geenhuizen & P. van et Nijkamp (eds), Creative Knowledge Cities. New Horizons in Regional Science, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar:182-212.

[15] Halbert, L. & K. Attuyer (2016) ‘Introduction: The financialisation of urban production: Conditions, mediations and transformations', Urban Studies, 53 (7):1347-61.

[16] Hesse, M. (2004) ‘Land for logistics: Locational dynamics, real estate markets and political regulation of regional distribution complexes', Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 95 (2):162-73.

[17] Hesse, M. (2008) The City as a Terminal: The Urban Context of Logistics and Freight Transport, Abingdon: Routledge.

[18] Hood, C. (1983) The Tools of Government, London: Macmillan.

[19] Lascoumes, P. & P. Le Galès (2012) Sociologie de l'action publique [Sociology of public action], Paris: Armand Colin.

[20] Le Galès, P. (2004) ‘Gouvernance des économies locales en France. À la recherche de la coordination perdue’ [The governance of local economies in France. Looking for lost coordination], L'Année de la régulation, 8 (2004-2005):105-34.

[21] Le Galès, P. (2016) ‘Neoliberalism and urban change: Stretching a good idea too far?', Territory, Politics, Governance, 4 (2):154-72.

[22] Le Galès, P. & T. Vitale (2013) ‘Governing the large metropolis. A research agenda', Working papers: Cities are back in town, Paris: Sciences Po, August.

[23] Logan, J. & H. Molotch (1987) Urban Fortunes. The Political Economy of Place, Berkeley: University of California Press.

[24] Lorrain, D. (2002) ‘Capitalismes urbains: la montée des firmes d'infrastructures’ [Urban capitalisms: The rise of infrastructure firms], Entreprises et histoire, 2002/2, 30:7-31.

[25] Magnan, M. (2016) ‘La production et la gestion de l'espace portuaire à vocation industrielle et logistique. Les grands ports maritimes français: gestionnaires d'espaces infrastructurels’ [Development and management of industrial and logistic port spaces. French grands ports maritimes: Infrastructural space managers], PhD in architecture and planning, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

[26] Mezzadra, S. & B. Neilson (2013) ‘Extraction, logistics, finance: Global crisis and the politics of operations', Radical Philosophy, 178:8-18.

[27] Mezzadra, S. & B. Neilson (2015) ‘Operations of capital', South Atlantic Quarterly, 114 (1):1-9.

[28] Neilson, B., N. Rossiter & S. Zehle (2010) ‘From flows of culture to the circuits of logistics: Borders, regions, labour in transit', Transit Labour, 22 (2):1-4.

[29] Omont, L., F. Graille & C. Saugnac (2015) ‘350 000 emplois salariés dans la logistique en Ile-de-France’ [375,000 logistics jobs in Ile-de-France], INSEE Analyses, 13. Accessed April 5, 2019 from https://insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/version-html/1285568/ina_13.pdf.

[30] Pinson, G. & C.M. Journel (eds) (2017) Debating the Neoliberal City, London: Routledge.

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[32] Raimbault, N. (2016) ‘Ancrer le capital dans les flux logistiques: la financiarisation de l'immobilier logistique’ [Anchoring capital into logistics flows: The financialization of logistics real estate], Revue d'Economie Régionale et Urbaine, 1:131-54.

[33] Raimbault, N. (2017) ‘Le développement logistique des grandes périphéries métropolitaines: régimes (péri-) urbains et privatisation silencieuse de la production des espaces logistiques’ [The logistics development of the outer suburbia of large urban regions: (Peri)urban regimes and silent privatization of the production of logistic spaces], Métropoles, 21. Accessed January 22, 2019 from http://journals.openedition.org/metropoles/5564.

[34] Raimbault, N., A. Heitz & L. Dablanc (2018) ‘Urban planning policies for logistics facilities. A comparison between US metropolitan areas and the Paris region', in M. Browne, S. Behrends, J. Woxenius, G. Giuliano & J. Holguín-Veras (eds) Urban Logistics, London: Kogan:82-107.

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[36] Rossiter, N. (2012) ‘The logistical city: Software, infrastructure, labour', Transit Labour, 22 (4):25-27.

[37] Schröder, W. (ed.) (2016) Kassel 4.0. Stadt der Transformation, Marburg: Schüren.

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