Plant Location Selection Techniques, by Edwin M. McPherson

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Plant Location Selection Techniques
by Edwin M. McPherson

Plant Location Selection Techniques ties together history, legislation and economics to create an awareness of what chances an individual will have when he selects a location for a plant.

This book was designed to provide you with a checklits of things to do in analyzing a potential site. It was also designed to provide state and local industrial development staffs guidance in their efforts to obtain industry.

Contents

Introduction

Background
Key Preparations
Industrial Development Economics

Evaluating Tools

Developing a Location Yardstick
Plant Reviews

Plant Layout

Sizing a Plant
Layout

Business Plan

Score's Outline

Environment/Natural Resources

Mineral Resources
Agricultural and Forest Resources
Water
Climate

Population-Labor Supply

Markets

Utilities

Power
Fuel
Effluent and Waste Disposal

Topography-Acreage

Buildings

Transportation

Transportation as a Location Factor
Air
Rail
Truck
Water
Community Data

Tangible Versus Intangible Factors of Location

Development and Use of Economic Data Sheets

Funding Industrial Development

Local Inducement for Industrial Development
Industrial Development Corporations or Foundations (IDC/F)
Capital Formation and Credit Facilities
State Development Groups

Early Creation of Cities

Legislative Creation of Communities
Importance of Trade Routes

Early Uses of Legislation to Build Industry

Mercantilist's Era
Kameralists' Era

Geopolitics-Expanding Self-Sufficient Pivotal Regions

United States Industrial Development

Early Colonial Development
Influence of Trade Routes on the Growth and Development of U.S. Cities
The Railroad Era of the United States

Summary of Part Three-Historical Basis for the Growth of Cities

Theories of Plant Location

Economic
Industrial Geography
Engineering
Political Theories
Summary of Theories

Public Policy in Respect to Location

National Taxes and Service
State and Local Taxes and Services
Legislation of Planning for Development
Evaluating Existing Plants
Specific Problems in Plant Location

History of Development Agencies - Purpose and Effectiveness

United States Development Agencies
Functions of Industrial Development Agencies
Analyzing a Local Economy and Developing Its Potential
Analyzing a Regional or National Economy and Developing Its Potential

Summary and Conclusion

Appendices

Analyzing a Location in an Underdeveloped Country - A Case Study
807 Tariff Convention

Index

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