The movement of offices from Central London

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Hall R. K. (1972) The movement of offices from Central London, Reg. Studies 6, 385–392. An analysis of the policy of moving offices from Central London shows that the policy is oriented towards the solution of planning problems in London, and that it was developed on dubious statistical grounds. Because of the lack of comprehensive data on the volume of decentralization, the paper reports research carried out to quantify the volume of movement from Central London, and shows that between 1963 and 1969 it was about 24,000 jobs per year. While it is difficult to evaluate the policy in terms of its original aims, decentralization has brought other benefits. The main cause of the movement lies in the spatial structure of office costs. While it is likely that office movement from London will continue, and that decentralization will remain a planning policy for the South East, greatly improved statistics on office location and movement are needed.

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