Thesis (M.S.)--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-95).

Thesis--University of Florida. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 163-178.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

Thesis (M. Sc.(Urb. Plan))--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-111).

Mini industrial estates and the potential role they can play in hastening the rate of industrial development in suburban areas is the subject of this study. Industrial development in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area is proceeding at a slower rate than had previously been anticipated in 1961 by the planners of the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board. The five year forecast for 1966, for occupied industrial land, was optimistically high as shown by a comparison with the 1966 Industrial Survey figures. However, the private industrial estates of Annacis Island, Delta and Lake City, Burnaby are developing at a faster rate than is the total industrial picture. One other industrial estate, Brighouse, in Richmond commenced operation during the five year period, and thus was not included in the figures of the original 1961 Industrial Survey. Because of the success of the industrial estates in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area, the author considers in Chapter I, small industries as possible starters for a small scale mini industrial estate. Chapter II investigates industrial estates with specific reference to the historical development of estates and the latter's reasons for growth. Secondly, mini industrial estates come under consideration with emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of a mini industrial estate locating in a suburban area. To investigate the concept of mini industrial estates in a Metropolitan Area, the author in Chapter III, analyzes an extensive Industrial Survey which was undertaken in 1966 by the staff of the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board. From the data, nineteen mini industrial estates were selected for a preliminary investigation; the main criteria for selection being that each estate should have five or more small firms occupying one site. A more intensive questionnaire survey was then prepared for six mini industrial estates selected from the original nineteen estates. The answers to the questionnaires coupled with library research related in Chapters I and II, were instrumental in isolating three pertinent factors regarding the location of a mini industrial estate. These three factors are: complementarity; transportation; and investment, both by the municipality and a large industrial firm. Finally, in Chapter IV, the Coquitlam Area is selected for a case study to investigate the future role of mini industrial estates. This study proposes that the potential of the mini industrial estate will provide one solution to the problem of slow industrial development within the suburban areas of Greater Vancouver. The implementation of this concept should be a municipal responsibility, and the guidelines selected in this study will be of value to the suburban municipalities regarding the location and administration of a mini industrial estate. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1999

This study analyses the factors which influence the volume of truck movement from urban manufacturing sites. The significance of these factors is tested by means of a case study of forty-three wood products plants in Vancouver, British Columbia. Some of the dangers of applying the assumptions of urban passenger travel "analysis to urban goods movement studies are discussed, with emphasis on the problems of aggregation and forecasting. A review of urban goods movement studies to date shows that previous research does not incorporate explanations of the causal mechanism behind variations in truck transport demand, but rather relies on simple within-site variables such as employment size to estimate the volume of trip-making. A marketing model is proposed. It takes the form of least-squares multiple regression equations which add marketing variables to the basic plant-size model. The development of the theory behind the marketing model discusses the expected influence of the manufacturer's physical distribution channel on his trip generation rate. Characteristics of the channel which are expected to be significant are the behaviour of customers for the product with respect to shipment size, transport supply, and their own function in the distribution channel. The effects of marketing variables are tested using data gathered by a personal survey of truck movements over a period of one month from wood products manufacturers. A significant improvement in the explanatory power of the marketing model over the plant-size model was revealed when the proportion of the manufacturer's market which is retail-oriented in taken into account. The same survey data was used to estimate retailers1 trip attraction rates. Size of their supply-market and truck capacity were found to be significant. Lastly, the future conditions which may limit applications of the model. are..discussed. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-182).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 69-72).

In recent years, particularly during the past decade, there has been a definite and an ever increasing movement of industry and commerce from the northeastern part of the United States into the South. This ever increasing shift of industry and commerce into the southern states has been and still is the result of a number of factors. High tax rates imposed by all levels of government in the North, the high cost of labor, scarcity of favorable industrial sites, and frequent union troubles are but a few of the undesirable conditions that harass industry and commerce in the North. By contrast, the South offers industrial and commercial firms many excellent sites with relatively low tax rates, and, in many cases, prospective industries are offered special tax concessions by local governments to induce them to locate a particular area. In addition, labor costs in the South are lower than in the crowded northeastern states. Many portions of the southeastern United States have a relative abundance of water which is essential to most industrial and many commercial firms. With some exceptions, unions in the South have not developed to the point where they cause frequent and expensive strikes as is the case in the North. For these as well as other reasons, many industrial and commercial firms presently located in the North are seeking new locations and are building in communities throughout the southern part of the country. In connection with this movement of industry into the South, this writer is of the opinion that the area involved in this study, i.e. Montgomery County and Radford, Virginia, has not only developed as a partial result of this relocation process, but will benefit to an even greater extent in the future. This writer believes that the current study is timely in that it brings into focus the rate and nature of commercial and industrial development of the area during the past twenty-five years which, in turn, presents a clear and useful grasp of trends for future years. Secondly, the study serves as a valid indicator of the potential facilities which the area can offer as well as limitations which would have to be considered by interested firms. / Master of Science