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Evolution of the Companies in Industrial Estates Composed of Local Enterprises and the Response of the Surrounding Rural Communities

1990; The Human Geographical Society of Japan; Volume: 42; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4200/jjhg1948.42.282

1883-4086

Zengmin Ji,

Urban and spatial planning

Attempting to systematically grasp the regional structures of industrial-estate construction area, this article, taking the Sakama Industrial Estate in Koga-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture, as an example, probes chiefly from two aspects-land use and labor force, into the corresponding relationship between productive activities developing in an industrial estate composed of local enterprises and changes in the surrounding rural areas. Analytical comparison is also made with industrial-estate construction areas of invited enterprises, leading to a discussion of similarities and dissimilarities between the two categories. The main conclusions are as follows:The development of productive activities by the local enterprises and resultant changes in the surrounding rural areas roughly underwent two stages: the earlier (pre-1975) stage and the later (post-1976) stage. This process is the same with that in industrial-estate construction areas of invited enterprises. But, industrial estate construction areas of local enterprises experienced little change in the local labor because of the small and closed labor market of the industry. The demand for land was limited to the productive purposes. Factories did not demand land for residences. These estates were merely part of an urban planning which required the separation of factories from residential areas. The local communities have hardly changed.