@article{article_1615906, title={A GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Location Selection of Urban Micro-Consolidation Centers Under Sustainability}, journal={Journal of Turkish Operations Management}, volume={9}, pages={158–180}, year={2025}, DOI={10.56554/jtom.1615906}, author={Özbekler, Türkan Müge and Karaman Akgül, Arzu}, keywords={son kilometre lojistiği, sürdürülebilirlik, kentsel mikro konsolidasyon merkezi, tesis yer seçim problemi}, abstract={With the boom in e-commerce, the urban micro-consolidation center (UMC) stands out for fast and flexible solutions in last-mile logistics (LML). The location selection of UMCs is one of the problematic issues in urban freight distribution in terms of its effects on the flow of logistics activities in urban areas and the stakeholders affected by this flow. This paper aims to present an evaluation system that will minimize negative externalities while facilitating logistics activities based on economic, social, and environmental sustainability for the UMC location selection problem in LML. Hence, a three-step solution approach is developed. Firstly, criteria affecting the UMC location are determined under the sustainability dimensions using expert opinions and literature. Secondly, the criteria indicators are prioritized using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach, and simultaneously, spatial analysis of the indicators is carried out using Geographic Information System (GIS). At this step, two methods are combined with weighted overlay analysis in GIS software to develop a suitability map for alternative UMC locations. Lastly, potential UMC locations are ranked using the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) for the case of the İzmir region, Turkey. The results indicate that accessibility in economic criteria, traffic density in social criteria, and land topography in environmental criteria come to the fore in UMC location selection under sustainability. In addition, since no such center exists in the region where the case study was conducted, it is expected to guide the industry and municipality in initiatives in the proposed places.}, number={1}, publisher={METE GÜNDOĞAN}