物流组织特征、空间表现和形成机制研究的西方地理学视角

物流对国家社会经济和企业发展的作用日益显著，正引起众多学者及政府官员的重视。目前的物流研究主要分布于生产、管理、和交通等相关学科的研究中，地理学者对现代物流的研究尚不多见。本文试以物流的三个大的发展时期，即：工业革命和福特制生产方式时期、后福特制生产方式时期、新兴的网络社会时期（或信息社会）时期的物流组织特征研究、空间表现研究和形成机制研究进行梳理和总结，分析西方地理学界对物流组织的研究进展、主要方向，并得出对我国物流组织研究的几点启示。

Western Geographical Perspectives on the Logistical organization,Spatial Characteristics and Its Mechanism

The role logistics plays both in countries＇ level and in enterprises＇ level becomes more and more important. Some scholars and governmental officials had realized that. But the geographers＇ research often neglected the logistics. Most researches about it concentrated in three Disciplines： Management Science, Transportation and Economies. According to the development period of the logistics, this paper focuses on the logistical organization, spatial characteristics and its mechanism. The paper reviews the relative logistical research about three periods： Industrial Revolution ＆ Mass Production period, post-Fordism periods and Informational society. After that, the paper concluds the deveopment of western geographical research and appeals the economy geography should play more important role in Chinese logistical organizational research.