Criteria

Sub-Criteria

Code

Sub-Criteria Variable

Code

Economic & Social Factors (ESF)

Density of Facility Area

DFA

Land Price

LP

Potential Demand Growth

PDG

Gross Domestic Product

GDP

Employment Rate

ER

Industrial Production Index

IPI

Hosting Municipality Range

HMR

Population Level

PL

Population Density

PD

Environmental Factors

(EF)

Impact on Natural Environment

INE

Density of Facility Area

DFA

Connectivity to Natural Environment

CNE

Impact on Urban Areas

IUA

Distance to Urban Areas

DUA

Connectivity to Urban Environment

CUE

Hydrology

H

Flood Level

FL

Ground Water Presence

GWP

Accessibility Factors

(AF)

Accessibility to Rail Network

ARN

Number of Railway Accesses

NRA

Demand Gravity

DG

Quality of the Rail Network

QRN

Accessibility to High Capacity Road Network

AHCRN

Direct Access to High Capacity Network

DARN

Distance to the Road Network

DRN

Number of Lanes

NL

Accessibility to Sea-ports

ASP

Ports Nearer than 400km

PN

Accessibility to Airports

AA

Distance to an Airport

DA

Location Factors

(LF)

Weather

W

Climatic Variety

CV

Rainfall Level

RL

Geology

G

Excavability

EX

Compressive Strength

CS

Relation with other Logistics Platforms

RLP

Number of Nearby Logistics Platforms

NNLP

Belonging to an Industrial Consolidated Area

BICA

Integration Supply Chain Infrastructures

ISCI

Distance to a Principal Freight Corridor

DPFC

Potential Optimization of Modal Shift

POMS

Distance to a Principal Passenger Corridor

DPPC

Number of Passenger Trips

NPT

Political Factors (PF)

Political Stability

PS

Political and Conflict Ledger

PCL

Administration

A

Taxes, Import & Export Duties

TIED

Regional Agreements

RA

Transit Trade Agreements

TTA