TITLE:
Methodology for Assessing the Economic Attractiveness of Regional Warehousing Logistics Projects
AUTHORS:
Anatolii Nosar
KEYWORDS:
Economic Attractiveness, Regional Warehousing, Logistics Project Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, AHP-TOPSIS, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Sustainability
JOURNAL NAME:
Voice of the Publisher,
Vol.12 No.2,
June
18,
2026
ABSTRACT: Objective: This study forges an integrated methodology for gauging the economic attractiveness of such projects by distilling evidence from the fragmented logistics literature. Methods: A PRISMA-guided sweep of Scopus, Web of Science, and IEEE Xplore (2014-2025) surfaced 412 records; fifteen empirical articles cleared inclusion filters. Quantitative indicators—NPV, payback, logistics-cost ratio, route-connectivity index, and embedded carbon—were normalised, pooled with random-effects meta-analysis, then injected into a three-layer framework: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Analytic Hierarchy Process weighting, and TOPSIS ranking. A stylised tri-site case validated computational stability. Results: Meta-synthesis (n = 143 site observations) indicates transport accessibility carries the highest priority weight (0.32), followed by capital outlay (0.24) and incentive tariffs (0.17). The composite score lifts decision accuracy by 12 percentage points versus baseline CBA alone; scenario perturbations ±10% leave site order intact. Heterogeneity remains moderate (I2 = 41%), bootstrap checks affirm robustness. Conclusions: Folding classical finance with multi-criteria logic produces a lean, spreadsheet-ready tool that investors can deploy before commissioning costly field surveys. Scholars should plug ESG and resilience metrics into the scaffold to future-proof regional storage planning and track long-term project outcomes more effectively globally.