Firm Suburbanization in the Context of Urban Sprawl

Neighborhood Effect and Sectoral Difference

Bibliographic Data

ID21373695
AuthorsYangyi Wu (0000-0001-7142-4642, University of Utah), Y D Wei (0000-0002-8510-388X, University of Utah), Han Li (0000-0002-4579-9552, University of Miami)
Year2020
Volume72
Issue4
Pages598-617
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Professional Geographer (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-0124 • E-ISSN: 1467-9272
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00330124.2020.1750437
OpenAlexW3034763982
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited69

This study explores spatial patterns and mechanisms of industrial growth in Salt Lake County, Utah, which vary with sectoral divisions and scales in the context of urban sprawl. We find that besides the center growth, producer services prefer newly developed areas, and manufacturing has a suburbanizing growth pattern. The spatial regressions indicate neighborhood effects among mechanisms: At the block group level, producer services are more sensitive to community characteristics than manufacturing. At the neighborhood level, whereas producer services are still profoundly affected by community characteristics such as population density and higher education rates, manufacturing only responds to agglomeration effects. The model sets further uncover the variety of mechanisms among industry sectors. These results illustrate different location preferences of industry sectors and challenge the traditional view regarding producer services as an entire group. Highlighting the preference of firms to newly developed areas, our research discloses the growth pattern in Salt Lake County and illuminates the effects of sprawl development, such as low population density and car-based development, in the firm suburbanization process. It also reveals that growth patterns and mechanisms might vary with industry sectors and due to neighborhood effects. Thus, these effects should be carefully considered in research and policies

Business · Civil engineering · Context (archaeology) · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Geography · Land use · Manufacturing · Metropolitan area · Population · Population growth · Suburbanization · Urban sprawl · Demography · Engineering · Marketing · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning