Spatial analysis of manufacturing growth in outer South-East England 1960–1967

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Keeble D. E. and Hauser D. P. (1972) Spatial analysis of manufacturing growth in outer South-East England 1960–1967, Reg. Studies 6, 11–36. The paper reports the main findings of multiple regression analyses of the interurban spatial pattern of recent manufacturing growth in South-East England outside Greater London. The variables and hypotheses tested were described in an earlier paper. Manufacturing employment growth varied directly with unemployment rates, population growth, economic potential and expected growth based on industrial structure, but inversely with specialization and industrial size measures. Industrial floorspace growth was related positively to skilled labour availability, population growth, urban size and unemployment rates, but negatively to specialization indices. The paper discusses technical problems such as multicollinearity, spatial autocorrelation and choice of step-wise procedures, and presents special analyses for the new and expanded towns.

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