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This book ties together history, legislation and economics to create an awareness of what chances an individual will have when he selects a location for a plant. Key costs are discussed including those mandated by the environment and by legislation. The impact of cultures, both past and present, upo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McPherson, Edwin M.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Park Ridge, N.J., U.S.A. : Noyes Publications, ©1995.
Subjects:
Industrial location > Planning.
Industrial location > United States > Planning.
Industrial location > Government policy.
Industrial location > Government policy > United States.
Industrial promotion.
Industrial promotion > United States.
Promotion industrielle.
Promotion industrielle > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Facility Management.
Industrial location > Government policy
Industrial location > Planning
Industrial promotion
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Evaluating Tools
  • Plant Layout
  • Business Plan
  • Environmental/Natural Resources
  • Population-Labor Supply
  • Markets
  • Utilities
  • Topography-Acreage
  • Buildings
  • Transportation
  • Tangible Versus Intangible Factors of Location
  • Development and Use of Economic Data Sheets
  • Funding Industrial Development
  • Early Creation of Cities
  • Early Uses of Legislation to Build Industry
  • Geopolitics-Expanding Self-Sufficient Pivotal Regions
  • United States Industrial Development
  • Summary of Part Three
  • Historical Basis for the Growth of Cities
  • Theories of Plant Location
  • Public Policy in Respect to Location
  • History of Development Agencies-Purpose and Effectiveness
  • Summary and Conclusion.