Metropolitan Industrial Clusters : Patterns and Processes

Chakravorty, Sanjoy ; Koo, Jun ; Lall, Somik V.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCIDENTS;    BASIC METALS;    ECONOMIC ACTIVITY;    ECONOMIC FACTORS;    ECONOMIES OF SCALE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-3073
RP-ID  :  WPS3073

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Where do industries locate within ametropolitan area? Do different industrial sectors havedifferent patterns of location/clustering? Can thesepatterns be understood with reference to industrycharacteristics? What is the geographical relationshipbetween clusters of different types of industry? To whatextent do localization economies influence the clusteringprocess? These questions are investigated withgeographically disaggregated industry location and size datafrom Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. Chakravorty, Koo, andLall analyze eight industrial sectors (food/beverages,textiles, leather, printing/publishing, chemicals, metals,machinery, and electrical/electronics) for evidence ofglobal and local clustering, and distinguish between andtest for co-clustering and co-location of industries. Theresults suggest an evolutionary model of industry locationin mixed rather than specialized industrial districts. Thereis little evidence of localization economies from labormarkets or buyer-supplier networks. The authors suggest thatland use policy is the key variable influencing theintra-metropolitan spatial distribution of industry.