A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL LOCATION DECISIONS

The paper reports results of an effort to replace the simple notions of transportation and labor casts with other measures of friction of distance and place specific factors in industrial location theory. Friction of distance variables are defined in relation to (1) transport of goods, (2) movement of persons, and (3) transfer of ideas. Transport of goods, even when redefined so as to conform better to the concerns of modern industrial management, does not appear to play the overwhelming role assigned to it by classical location theory. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Czamanski, D Z
• Publication Date: 1981-1

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 29-42
• Serial:
  • Environment and Planning A
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Pion Limited
  • ISSN: 0308-518X
  • EISSN: 1472-3409
  • Serial URL: http://www.envplan.com/A.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Income; Industrial areas; Industrial buildings; Industrial location; Labor costs; Land use; Location; Maximization; Personnel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maximum; Selecting
• ITRD Terms: 2248: Decision process; 741: Goods traffic; 256: Income; 343: Industrial area; 356: Land use; 9061: Location; 9042: Maximum; 102: Personnel
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334932
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM