Geographic clustering of firms and urban form: a multivariate analysis |
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Authors: | Hanna Maoh Pavlos Kanaroglou |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Spatial Analysis (CSpA), School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4K1 Hamilton, ON, Canada |
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Abstract: | This paper provides an empirical framework that applies spatial statistics methods to assess the relation between the change
in the geographical clustering of firms and the emergence of urban form. We contend that where firms locate and eventually
cluster give rise to the way commercial and industrial land uses are organized over space, which in turn defines the shape
of urban form. Accordingly, the objectives of our work are twofold: (1) to identify the extent and shape of firm clustering
and co-location at the intra-metropolitan level, and (2) examine how the change in the geographic clustering of different
industries contributes to decentralization and the evolution of urban form. Spatial statistics methods and tools were vital
and helped to fulfill these objectives.
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Keywords: | Hamilton Decentralization Urban form Clustering Firms |
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