Urban Labour Productivity and Regional Development Strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4139949 |
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| Authors | L H Wang (0000-0002-8961-6025, Department of Geography, Nanyang University, Singapore 2263), L Wong (Toa Payoh Library, Singapore 1231), Siang Leng Wong (National Library Board) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 449-461 |
| Publication date | 1980-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a120449 |
| OpenAlex | W2075228974 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper, using the manufacturing industry of Peninsular Malaysia as a case study, reveals that the common assertion of a positive relationship between labour productivity and urban size may have exceptions, particularly in developing economies. Attempts are made to explain such a discrepancy and to examine the problem of regional development strategies and spatial underdevelopment in a Third World context. It is argued that a more careful approach to the conceptualization of spatial structure and processes is needed if it is to contribute to the formation of a regional development theory from which appropriate regional development strategies can be derived
Assertion · Conceptualization · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Productivity · Regional development · Regional science · Underdevelopment · Computer Science · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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