Kwinana Industrial Area: Agglomeration economies and industrial symbiosis on Western Australia's Cockburn Sound

Australian Geographer

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-400

  MacLachlan, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

agglomeration economies; industrial ecology; industrial location; Kwinana; localisation economies; regional synergies; transfer economies; urbanisation economies; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SERVICE PROVISION; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; COCKBURN SOUND; KWINANA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890012956     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2013.852505     Document Type: Article

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