الفهرس 
CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRIAL ZONESOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
When urban settlements were first developed they were mainly
settlements for non-agriculture activities… trading, and simple
industries. Since almost all industrial communities are urban
communities, then our research will concentrate on industrial
communities and industrial zones as a part of an urban
community.
What is an industrial zones’ performance?
Success of industrial zones is not defined by industry alone. We
need to bridge the gap between “target industries,” as an
industrial strategy, and “economic clusters,” as a geographic
concept from one side, and new industrial Zones on the other
side. They all could form complete policy options if the details of
the new Zones could be established.
Successful companies have direct supplier relations with each
other. They benefit from concentrations of skilled workers,
research capacity, advanced infrastructure, and “branding” as a
great place to business. If opportunities for collaboration and
face-to-face discussion are provided, areas with these attributes
capture intellectual power and realize economies of scale
through inter-firm connections rather than firm size. These
concentrations are keys to define a strategy for targeting
investments in skills, research, and infrastructure.
In order to achieve targeted industries, activities should be
unified around an economic and workforce vision that promotes
concentrations of skills and business innovation. New Industrial
Zone approach would suggest that one method to increase
success of an industrial zone would be to more specifically
direct investments in skill building, infrastructure, and other
public resources into specific geographic areas with unique
characteristics.Problem Definition
On scanning industrial zones and industrial activities locally and
globally some observations were recorded. Trying to Define
The Research Problem here through those observations will
direct us to ask some questions, which clarify the research
problem as follows: Some industrial zones in the new urban
communities in Egypt are 20 to 25 years old, but they have not
reached yet their planned objectives.
Since 1976, Egypt launched a very ambitious urban
development program. The main objective of this program aims
at redistributing population at the national level, by creating new
towns in the desert regions. This policy came for the reason that
the growth of metropolis cities and its consequent problems of
over crowding and transportation have caused the Egyptian
governorate to adopt spatial planning policies based on
development away from the metropolitan area. The research
problem is concerned with how to evaluate industrial zones
within planned communities according to the above mentioned
questions.
Research Hypotheses
Industrial zones within new urban communities in Egypt need
new approach to be evaluated, so as to assist in the process of
industrial development, in behalf of both investors and
authorities.
This new approach should be based on deducing benchmarks
for some factors that affect the success of an industrial zone
planning, through factors affecting planning as well as the
relationship between those factors.
Aim of the research
The research aims to produce indicators that assist in:
Evaluating current industrial zones in order to be improved
Finding locations for targeted industries
Choosing the optimum industrial zone to invest in a
specific kind of industry (for investors)
Choosing the location of an industrial zone (for localauthorities)Research Methodology
The research followed the methodology of collecting data,
analysing them, deducing common factors, and then trying to
apply the conclusion on the case study (the industrial zone – 10th
of Ramadan city).
This methodology was following a planned path that set
checking or reviewing points to allow redirecting the research to
a fruitful direction according to the conclusion reached through
data collection and analysis.
At the first phase of the research ”Modelling” was chosen as an
evaluating tool. It is proved to be inapplicable (at the scale of
this research) with respect to available resources (data:
specially numeric and statistical data, human resources … etc.).
”Benchmarking”, another evaluating tool was undertaken.
Research Structure
Part One: Theoretical Study
Introduction
Here the research introduces industrial zones, their importance and the need to
study them. In addition to the problem definition, research questions,
hypotheses, and research methodology.
Chapter One: Historical Review
Chapter one gives a historical review of industrial zones around the world as
well as local industrial zones, how they started and how they flourished.
Chapter Two: Classification of Industries And Industrial Zones
Industries, as well as industrial zones are classified according to different
aspects and methodologies (resources: materials and man power, size of the
establishment, technology used, environmental impact, utilities…etc.).
Chapter Three: Analyses of Industrial Zones
Global industrial zones are chosen and analyzed. Problems and opportunities
are identified considering different factors and aspects as: Planning aspect,
Economical aspect, Environmental aspect, Political aspect. That’s to say,
factors affecting the success of industrial zones are found out.
Then, Chapter three finalizes part one by the conclusion of the theoretical
study, which represent the relations between those factors affecting the
success of industrial zones. An inter-relation map is drawn covering all
deduced factors, whether quantitative or qualitative or true/false.Part two: Benchmarking and Implementation
Chapter Four: Benchmarking industrial zones
The benchmarking process is illustrated showing how it is applied. Then, this
chapter covers relative weights of deduced factors, and the relations, between
the different analysed fields/factors.
An optimum benchmarking tool for industrial zones within industrial
communities is constructed to serve all involved in the field of industry and
industrial planning, (investors, authorities … etc.). Different sorts of input form
and reports needed are stated.
Chapter Five: ”10th Of Ramadan City”
The city of ”10th of Ramadan” is introduced, analysed, and its data filled in the
designed forms.
The benchmarking tool is applied to the ”10th of Ramadan” industrial zone, and
indicators are deduced.
Results and recommendations
The research conclusions and recommendations are produced.