Spatial analysis of regional industrial clusters in the German forest sector

International Forestry Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-51

  Kies, Uwe ^a   Mrosek, T ^a   Schulte, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exploratory spatial data analysis; Forest sector; Germany; Industry agglomeration; Wood based industries

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FORESTRY; GEOSTATISTICS; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION THEORY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 67650677012     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.11.1.38     Document Type: Article

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