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The Urban-Rural Manufacturing Shift in the European Community

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  • David Keeble

    (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)

  • Peter L. Owens

    (Department of Geography, University of Sheffield)

  • Chris Thompson

    (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)

Abstract

The paper documents, for the first time at the European Community scale, a relative shift of manufacturing industry from highly urbanised to rural regions during the 1970s. This shift is evident in terms of GDP, industrial output and manufacturing employment, and has occurred despite an urban region structural bias towards more modern, viable, industries such as electronics, aerospace and vehicles. Moreover, the shift characterises every individual EC country for which data are available. The degree to which the data are consistent with three different explanatory viewpoints, focussing on production cost differences, the impact of constrained locations, and capital restructuring, is also considered.

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  • David Keeble & Peter L. Owens & Chris Thompson, 1983. "The Urban-Rural Manufacturing Shift in the European Community," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 20(4), pages 405-418, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:20:y:1983:i:4:p:405-418
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988320080771
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    1. Dayton M. Lambert & Kevin T. McNamara, 2009. "Location determinants of food manufacturers in the United States, 2000–2004: are nonmetropolitan counties competitive?," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 40(6), pages 617-630, November.
    2. Frank Bruinsma & Sytze Rienstra & Piet Rietveld, 1997. "Economic Impacts of the Construction of a Transport Corridor: A Multi-level and Multiapproach Case Study for the Construction of the A1 Highway in the Netherlands," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(4), pages 391-402.
    3. Lamonde, Pierre & Polèse, Mario, 1984. "L’évolution de la structure économique de Montréal 1971-1981 : désindustrialisation ou reconversion?," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 60(4), pages 471-494, décembre.

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