Industrial park
Zoned area planned for industrial development with shared infrastructure.
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An industrial park is a zoned area where infrastructure is concentrated to reduce per-business costs and separate industrial uses from residential areas.[1] These parks are typically located on city edges or outside residential areas, with good access to roads, rail, and sometimes multiple transport modes like airports and ports.[2][3]
Quick Facts
- Also known as
- industrial estate, trading estate
- Common location
- edges of or outside main residential areas
- Example location
- River Thames in the Thames Gateway area of London
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Key facts and history
Industrial parks concentrate dedicated infrastructure such as roadways, railroad sidings, ports, high-power electric supplies, and large-volume water lines in one location.[1] A common feature of North American industrial parks is a water tower that holds water for firefighting and advertises the community's name and logo.[3] The idea of setting aside land through zoning aims to attract new businesses by providing integrated infrastructure and to reduce environmental and social impacts of industrial uses.[1] The performance of industrial park operators is important because infrastructure and service costs affect the competitiveness of manufacturing companies.[4]
In developing countries like India, industrial parks face difficulties including availability of a skilled workforce and clustering of radically different industrial sectors.[5] In these mixed-use zones, real estate companies manage industrial buildings that house businesses, and they earn income by renting ground-floor spaces to service providers like shops and restaurants.[6]
What the cited sources add
The Mid-Atlantic International Rail Industrial Park, located across Highway 74, backs a CSX main rail line and covers 1,100 acres.[7] A 2024 source describes the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor as a large program connecting Delhi and Mumbai through a network of industrial zones and high-speed freight infrastructure.[8] This corridor runs approximately 1,483 km through six states, with 24 industrial nodes proposed nationally and 6 mega nodes in Gujarat.[8] A 2019 article from PortCityDaily states that Brunswick County approved a $185,479 contract with Dewberry Engineers to design a water tower for two undeveloped industrial parks that are located near the Columbus County line.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Industrial park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Industrial Park land and infrastructure http://www.ground57.com/land-and-infrastructure/; "Industrial Park Benefits"; "List of Approvals & Withdrawals under the Industrial Park Schemes, 1999 & 2002"; "Orthodox Residents in Sanhedria Frightened Of Industrial Zone", The Jewish Press, January 7, 1994 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Industrial park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Industrial park scheme 2008" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Industrial park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ferebee, "New water tower to serve Brunswick-Columbus industrial parks gets design funding", PortCityDaily, 20 August 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Industrial park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Industrial Park Ranking", Benchmarkia: Crowd-Based Sustainability Benchmarking; Festel, "Benchmarking of energy and utility infrastructures in industrial parks", Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2014, p. 15–26; Festel, "Benchmarking of industrial park infrastructures in Germany", Benchmarking, 2014-09-30, p. 854–883 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Industrial park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "What is the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIIC)?", 2024-12-10 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Industrial park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pierre Cormon, "La grande transformation des zones industrielles genevoises", Entreprise romande, 16 December 2022 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Ferebee, "New water tower to serve Brunswick-Columbus industrial parks gets design funding", PortCityDaily, 20 August 2019. facts only, no text reused. portcitydaily.com
- "What is the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIIC)?", 2024-12-10. facts only, no text reused. dholerasmartcityinfo.com
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- Wikipedia: Industrial park (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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