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Cities as the Industrial Districts of Housebuilding

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  • MICHAEL BUZZELLI
  • RICHARD HARRIS

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In North America the housebuilding industry is ubiquitous and locally autonomous. In Ontario during the 1990s, 81% of urban single‐family homes were erected by locally based builders, a proportion that varied with urban isolation. Urban areas may be regarded as the industrial districts of home builders: numerous small, specialized firms interact frequently within a rich, embedded market network; subcontracting is the norm; networks and firm boundaries are fluid. The theory of industrial districts offers a useful vocabulary for analysing the neglected building industry. Analytically, the building industry offers unequalled opportunities to explore the dynamics of industrial districts, and how economic globalization meets local limits.

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  • Michael Buzzelli & Richard Harris, 2006. "Cities as the Industrial Districts of Housebuilding," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(4), pages 894-917, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:30:y:2006:i:4:p:894-917
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00695.x
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    1. Patricia M. Hillebrandt, 1974. "Economic Theory and the Construction Industry," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-349-01927-4, September.
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