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GrowthPole Theory Lecture
GrowthPole Theory Lecture
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GROWTH POLE
THEORY
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Prof. Dr. SHAKER MAHMOOD MAYO
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Prof. Dr. IJAZ AHMAD
Department of City and Regional Planning
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
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N Dated: 03 October 2017
GROWTH
POLE THEORY;
THE ORIGIN
Growth Pole/Center
Theory
Central Place
Theory
Industrial Location
Theories
The concept was given by:
F. Perroux
Perroux used term pole de croissance and it means
FIELD OF FORCES
consisting of
and to
COST ADVANTAGES
obtained by
A FIRM
through
NO DIRECT EFFORT on its own part,
oInfrastructure benefits
including provision of
services such as banking,
transportation
ECONOMIES
OF
SCALE
The GAINS by ways of
reduced costs of production
per unit of output, arising
from large-scale production.
As firm or plant size increases
economic growth in a
development context as a
process of CUMULATIVE
INNOVATION, whereby
innovation becomes organized
into clusters and then into
complex systems.
o Innovation is mostly in cities.