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Where do industries locate within a
metropolitan area? Do different industrial sectors have
different patterns of location/clustering? Can these
patterns be understood with reference to industry
characteristics? What is the geographical relationship
between clusters of different types of industry? To what
extent do localization economies influence the clustering
process? These questions are investigated with
geographically disaggregated industry location and size data
from Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. Chakravorty, Koo, and
Lall analyze eight industrial sectors (food/beverages,
textiles, leather, printing/publishing, chemicals, metals,
machinery, and electrical/electronics) for evidence of
global and local clustering, and distinguish between and
test for co-clustering and co-location of industries. The
results suggest an evolutionary model of industry location
in mixed rather than specialized industrial districts. There
is little evidence of localization economies from labor
markets or buyer-supplier networks. The authors suggest that
land use policy is the key variable influencing the
intra-metropolitan spatial distribution of industry.
