Locational Behavior of Manufacturing Firms in Urban Areas

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ID8375524
AuthorsM I Logan (0009-0001-1538-5834, The University of Sydney, corresponding author)
Year1966
Volume56
Issue3
Pages451-466
Publication date1966-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8306.1966.tb00572.x
OpenAlexW2083705110
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited7

In Australia most manufacturing firms are forced to make at least two kinds of location decisions, one involving the merits of the six capital cities, and the other based on variables operating inside the metropolitan areas. This paper is concerned with the behavior of the individual manufacturing firm when making the latter decision; empirical data have been obtained from three case study areas in Sydney. There is purposeful economic behavior by firms in locating, the most important influences being closeness to product market and the cost of land. The spatial effect is an arrangement of manufacturers strongly oriented to the CBD and to centrally located transport terminals. In a theoretical context, the neglect of rent considerations is a serious weakness in traditional manufacturing location theory. The growing ability of firms to substitute among production factors also has important locational effects

Business · Capital (architecture) · Closeness · Context (archaeology) · Economic geography · Economic rent · Economics · Empirical research · Geography · Industrial organization · Metropolitan area · Microeconomics · Product (mathematics) · Production (economics) · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

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