The Role of Industrial Locationon Locating of Industrialists in Industrial Estates(The Case of East Azerbaijan/I.R.Iran)

One of excitement classical problems in Geography and Regional Planning, in whichboth geographers and economists participated, is “Industrial Location”. On the otherhand “Industrial Estates” are one of results of regional planning which aimed toredirect mainly polluted industries to agglomerated, industrial zones out of living andrecreational environments. Despite of the benefits of industrial estates, statistics showthat in East Azerbaijan province (Iran), industrialists have little inclination to locate inthese estates.This paper assumes that irrational location of these estates is one of the mostimportant factors for reluctance of industrialists for locating in them.The results of the research show that:1. Unlike developed industrial economies, the process of emerging industrial estatesin Iran was an external, imposed one; so the nation could not benefit its results.2. The location of industrial estates in East-Azerbaijan province has been a residual ofother land uses, caused to prevent industrialists to locate in them.Location itself is a parameter in industrialization process and unsuitable location ofindustrial estates can be a factor for reluctance of industrialists to locate in them.