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The Technopoles of Southern California

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  • A J Scott

    (Department of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA)

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The paper opens with a brief identification of California's pathway (via flexible-production organization) to industrialization and regional growth. The emergence of the aircraft industry in the region during the 1920s and 1930s is described. The formation of the postwar aerospace-electronics industry is then discussed in detail. The geography of Southern California's contemporary technopoles (high-technology industrial districts) is outlined, with a particular emphasis on the aircraft, electronics, biotechnology, and medical-device industries. The functional role of interfirm linkages and local labor markets in the high-technology industrial development of Southern California is analyzed. The paper ends with a few brief allusions to the strengths and vulnerabilities of high-technology industry in the region.

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  • A J Scott, 1990. "The Technopoles of Southern California," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 22(12), pages 1575-1605, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:22:y:1990:i:12:p:1575-1605
    DOI: 10.1068/a221575
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    1. Allen J. Scott & Mark H. Drayse, 1990. "The Electronics Industry in Southern California: Growth and Spatial Development From 1945 To 1989," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 20(2), pages 1-14, Spring.
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