Pits, peripheralization and the politics of scale: Struggles over locating extractive industries in the town of Caledon, Ontario, Canada

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-338

  Chambers, Colin ^b   Sandberg, L Anders ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggregate industry; Canada; Ex urban regions; Peripheralization

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34347231597     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600928319     Document Type: Article

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