IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/revurb/v12y2000i1p2-16.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Industrial Property and Structural Change of Manufacturing: a Relative†Cost Analysis

Author

Listed:
  • Jieming Zhu

Abstract

Structural change in manufacturing is gaining momentum in many developed as well as developing cities due to an emerging phenomenon of international division of production. As an advanced developing city†state, Singapore has had the same experience. Labor cost has been an obvious major factor responsible for the structural change in manufacturing since the 1970s. However, having seen that industrial property as a vital factor in manufacturing production is neglected in research, this paper explores the role of the industrial property market in the process of structural change in Singapore's manufacturing sector. On a background of land scarcity and rapid growth, it is found that Singapore industrialists must invest more in premises than previously. There are indications that changing industrial property prices have affected manufacturing groupings unevenly and thus led to structural changes in the use of industrial properties. Space has been transferred from less competitive sectors to more competitive ones due to comparative advantages in its utilization enjoyed by efficient sectors. Therefore, the general trend of rising land costs has contributed, to a certain extent, to the restructuring of Singapore's manufacturing sector.

Suggested Citation

  • Jieming Zhu, 2000. "Industrial Property and Structural Change of Manufacturing: a Relative†Cost Analysis," Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 2-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revurb:v:12:y:2000:i:1:p:2-16
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-940X.00018
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-940X.00018
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1467-940X.00018?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:revurb:v:12:y:2000:i:1:p:2-16. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0917-0553 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.