The Dynamics of Industrial Location: The Factory, the Firm and the Production System - Softcover

Hayter, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471971197 ISBN 13: 9780471971191

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

This textbook on industrial geography examines the impact of restructuring and change at the level of the factory, the firm and the production system. It examines industrial geography in the context of modern economic change, particularly restructuring, plant closure and "de-industrialization". The book adopts a structure embracing the three scales of manufacturing. Industrial location is a cornerstone of the teaching of economic geography, but with the transformation of manufacturing in the past decade, the impact of de-industrialization, the rise of Taylorism and post-Fordism and the globalization of production, existing textbooks may be out of date. This text book is a student-level treatment of "new industrial spaces".

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A modern textbook on industrial geography that systematically explores the location dynamics of factories, firms and production systems within the context of the problem of industrial transformation.

*The most comprehensive treatment of contemporary industrial geography, including new approaches to factory location and the geography of the firm, and discussions of industrial districts, flexible specialisation, restructuring, truncated economies and de-industrialization

*Adopts a clear but elegant structure in which the factory, the firm and the production system, provide related and progressively complex building blocks

*Well written and clearly illustrated with case studies and examples from all over the world which explicitly integrate the geographical and organizational dimensions of industrial changeThe Dynamics of Industrial Location is a cornerstone text for the teaching of economic geography which effectively incorporates the results of the transformation of manufacturing in the past decade, the impact of de-industrialization, post-Fordism and the globalization of production in a way that previous textbooks were unable to do. Policy issues are addressed throughout the book. Roger Hayter has written a modern text that is the first student level treatment of 'new industrial spaces'. He brings together the conceptual idea and the empirical example. The book brims with interesting real world illustrations, along with insightful applications of theory. This is quite simply the first choice adoptable textbook for second (and upper) level industrial geography courses. It will also be of considerable relevance for regional, community and environmental planners and for students in urban studies, business-and regional economics.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471971197
• ISBN 13: 9780471971191
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450