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A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East AsiaRailway-Led Formation of the Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Cluster: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap

A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia: Railway-Led Formation of... [The authors propose a strategy to develop the agriculture-food-tourism industry cluster by networking railway lines based on Japanese experiences of developing them in the private sector. Ichizo Kobayashi, the founder of Hankyu Corporation, developed a railway line and formed a railway-led agriculture-food-tourism industry cluster in Kansai, including the development of a residential town and creation of a local culture. Such railway-led clusters in Japan typically run about 300 km from the starting station to the ending station. The development of railway lines has fostered economic growth in Kansai in western Japan and Kanto in eastern Japan. Clustering in rural areas can result in both economic growth and narrower income gaps between the core region and the periphery.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East AsiaRailway-Led Formation of the Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Cluster: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap

Editors: Kuchiki, Akifumi; Mizobe, Tetsuo; Gokan, Toshitaka

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN
978-1-137-57127-4
Pages
187 –205
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-57128-1_9
Publisher site
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Abstract

[The authors propose a strategy to develop the agriculture-food-tourism industry cluster by networking railway lines based on Japanese experiences of developing them in the private sector. Ichizo Kobayashi, the founder of Hankyu Corporation, developed a railway line and formed a railway-led agriculture-food-tourism industry cluster in Kansai, including the development of a residential town and creation of a local culture. Such railway-led clusters in Japan typically run about 300 km from the starting station to the ending station. The development of railway lines has fostered economic growth in Kansai in western Japan and Kanto in eastern Japan. Clustering in rural areas can result in both economic growth and narrower income gaps between the core region and the periphery.]

Published: Jan 29, 2017

Keywords: Transport Cost; Manufacturing Firm; Tourism Industry; Shopping Mall; Railway Line

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