Map of Delhi with coloured dots marking fulfilment centres, delivery stations and pickup points

Bricks Behind the Clicks

Seminar research paper

Place: Delhi, India
Context: School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Group of six

01The question

What does shopping online do to a city? This paper studies the physical side of e-commerce.

Diagram linking online shopping, its growth and its effects on transport, space and urban form — Research framework.

02The map

We mapped Amazon’s fulfilment centres, delivery stations and pickup points around Delhi over the existing infrastructure, to show how they shape transport, land use and the city.

Table classifying e-commerce by transaction, platform, resources, technology and transport — Classification of e-commerce models.