Redistribution of Denmark's manufacturing industry 1972–1982.Causes and Consequences

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Like the majority of industrialized countries Denmark has experienced a decline in total employment in the manufacturing industry during the last decade. This decline is, however, strongly correlated with city size. Thus the manufacturing industry in Copenhagen has lost almost half of its employment in the period 1972–82. In the same period the rural, peripheral parts of the country showed a steady job increase in all branches of manufacturing industry. The resulting rapid relocation has not primarily been the result of migration but the net outcome of closings and contractions in the eastern centres, and openings/expansions in the peripheral parts of Jutland. The capability of the regions to satisfy the demands of modern industry (infrastructure, qualifications etc.) in many ways has changed in the last ten years. However, emphasis is laid on the importance of technological development and on orientation towards foreign markets following the reduction of trade barriers in the postwar period.

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