Un type de complexe industriel : le district de Karl-Marx-Stadt en République Démocratique Allemande - article ; n°414 ; vol.76, pg 152-167

Annales de Géographie - Année 1967 - Volume 76 - Numéro 414 - Pages 152-167
An exemple oe an industrial complex : the district of Karl-Marx-Stadt in the German democraticrepublic (abstract) : The district of Karl-Marx-Stadt (formerly Chemnitz) appears as a typical industrial complex in an economically highly developed country, with its large factories, of national and international standing, which are influenced by technical, economic and human relationships, and its geographical position which depends on the same human factor of industrial development. This industrial complex is, in fact, the result of a long history. The population of the Erzgebirge valleys and the perimeter of the mountains retains old traditions of industrial work. It was already quite large in the second half of the 19th century, when the actual system of manufacturing was introduced, the development of which brought about an important increase in population. The Socialist System had to adapt this kind of manufacturing which is an inheritance of a liberal economy and consists of scattered factories producing a variety of goods. It has needed a great effort of rationalisation in the processes which was made possible by their concentration inside the socialist plants. It has not, up till now, altered the geographical distribution of the factories.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.