LOCAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES IN ONTARIO.

Local industrial complexes have recognizable patterns of location They are groups of industries which have production interrelationships and which are geographically associated at the urban scale Their existence is attributed to agglomeration economies in general and those gained by juxtaposing linked industries in particular A case study of the Province of Ontario, Canada. shows that local industrial complexes are most prevalent in large towns and in towns located at the center of the provincial space economy Certain types of complex are absent from peripheral regions and from smaller towns These geographical regularities suggest that complexes should be used very selectively as a policy instrument to develop depressed areas . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]