Location Factors in the Yugoslav Iron and Steel Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID4042175
AuthorsF E Ian Hamilton (corresponding author)
Year1964
Volume40
Issue1
Pages46
Publication date1964-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/142173
OpenAlexW2326545952
LanguageEN
Citations received6

I _ 5 CONOMIC factors are generally considered of decisive importance in the location of metallurgical industries, chiefly because these are studied as they have evolved in the world's more developed and more stable regions with economic systems similar to those of Western Europe or North America. This does not necessarily apply in such regions as Eastern Europe which are less developed and where political history has been dyniamiiic inl the last century. Yugoslavia provides an example where political factors sometimes dominate, and certainly modify, economic factors in the location of basic industries. Changes in the development and distribution of Yugoslavia's steel industry have been influenced by changing and closely interrelated political and economic conditions. It is necessary to examine the character of these factors, and how they have operated in changing the location pattern. As a background, however, the resources available in Yugoslavia for iron and steel industries must be considered

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