• Libraries
    • Log in to:
    View Item 
    •   MSpace Home
    • Faculty of Graduate Studies (Electronic Theses and Practica)
    • FGS - Electronic Theses and Practica
    • View Item
    •   MSpace Home
    • Faculty of Graduate Studies (Electronic Theses and Practica)
    • FGS - Electronic Theses and Practica
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    An analysis of factors influencing the location of manufacturing industries in the Prairies

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Appana_An_Analysis_of.pdf (20.34Mb)
    Date
    1975
    Author
    Appana, Mohan.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This study examines the factors that influence the location of manufacturing industries in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Location factors are analysed in terms of spatial decision-making at three geographical scales. These are the Prairies as a whole, individual Prairie provinces, and specific cities or communities. The significance of the organizational structure and internal operating policies of manufacturing enterprises in influencing industrial location is investigated. Three approaches are adopted for the study. A historical analysis indicates that the geography of Prairie manufacturing is related to proximity to material inputs and internal markets, railway freight rates and certain regional advantages which are not explicit, but nevertheless evident, as a consequence of export-oriented firms locating in the region. The second approach is a quantitative analysis of location factors. Shift-share data indicates that markets and resources contribute to the development of, and shifts in, Prairie manufacturing employment. Spatial correlation between 1970 manufacturing employment and 13 economic variables suggest that manufacturing is spatially associated with the market as represented by population and retail sales. An analysis of the population thresholds necessary for manufacturing provides further explanation of the significance of market elements in relation to the location of manufacturing activities in cities. Within Prairie cities the location of manufacturing activity is not entirely market-oriented. The findings of the historical and quantitative analyses are generally substantiated by an empirical investigation of location decision-making of Prairie manufacturing enterprises...
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1993/6133
    Collections
    • FGS - Electronic Theses and Practica [25522]
    • Manitoba Heritage Theses [6062]

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of MSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV