Question
Explain why high-tech industries in many countries are being attracted to the peripheral areas of major metropolitan centres.
Solution
Such places offer a number of advantages over inner city locations. These advantages are:
1. Space for single-story factories and future expansion.
2. Cheaper land values on edge-of-city.
3. Accessibility to main roads and motor ways.
4. Pleasant environment (often located on a greenfield site).
5. Labour supply from nearby residential areas and commuter villages.
