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Industrial park
An industrial park (also known as industrial estate,
trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose
of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of
as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office
park, which has offices and light industry, rather than heavy
industry.

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Criticism
Variations
See also
References
External links

Benefits
Industrial parks are usually located on the edges of, or outside,
the main residential area of a city, and are normally provided
with good transportation access, including road and rail.[1] One
such example is the large number of industrial estates located
along the River Thames in the Thames Gateway area of London.
Industrial parks are usually located close to transport facilities,
especially where more than one transport modes coincide,
including highways, railroads, airports and ports. Another
common feature of a North American industrial park is a water
tower, which helps to hold enough water to meet the park's Industrial zone in Dakar (Senegal)
demands and for firefighting purposes, and also advertises the
industrial park and locality, as usually the community's name
and logo are painted onto its surface.[2]

This idea of setting land aside through this type of zoning has
several purposes:

By concentrating dedicated infrastructure in a delimited area,

to reduce the per-business cost of that infrastructure. Such
infrastructure includes roadways, railroad sidings, ports, Industrial zone in Trier-Zewen,
high-power electric supplies (often including three-phase (Germany)
electric power), high-end communications cables, large-
volume water supplies, and high-volume gas lines.[3]
To attract new business by providing an integrated infrastructure in one location.
Eligibility of Industrial Parks for benefits.[4][5]

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To set apart industrial uses from urban areas to try to reduce the environmental and social
impact of the industrial uses.
To provide for localized environmental controls that are specific to the needs of an industrial
area.

Criticism
Different industrial parks fulfill these criteria to differing degrees. Many small communities have
established industrial parks with only access to a nearby highway, and with only the basic utilities
and roadways. Public transportation options may be limited or non-existent.

Industrial parks in developing countries such as Pakistan face a myriad of additional difficulties.
This includes the availability of a skilled workforce and the clustering together of radically different
industrial sectors (pharmaceuticals and heavy engineering, for example), which often leads to
unfavorable outcomes for quality centered industries.

Variations
An industrial park specializing in biotechnology is called a biotechnology industrial park. It may also
be known as a bio-industrial park or eco-industrial cluster.

Flatted factories exist in cities like Singapore and Hong Kong, where land is scarce. These are
typically similar to flats, but house individual industries instead. Flatted factories have cargo lifts and
roads that serve each level, providing access to each factory lot.

See also
Energy park
Industrial district
Industrial railway
Cyberpark

References
1. Industrial park scheme 2008 "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20081203034104/htt
p://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/archive/IndustrialParkScheme_04072008.pdf) (PDF). Archived
from the original (http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/archive/IndustrialParkScheme_04072008.pdf)
(PDF) on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
2. Ferebee, Johanna (20 August 2019). "New water tower to serve Brunswick-Columbus industrial
parks gets design funding" (https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2019/08/20/new-water-tower-to-s
erve-brunswick-columbus-industrial-parks-gets-design-funding/). PortCityDaily. Retrieved
9 October 2019.
3. Industrial Park land and infrastructure http://www.ground57.com/land-and-infrastructure/
4. Industrial Park Benefits "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20101123083400/http://inc
ometaxindia.gov.in/archive/CBDTPressRelease_04072008.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original
(http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/archive/CBDTPressRelease_04072008.pdf) (PDF) on 2010-
11-23. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
5. List of Approvals & Withdrawals under the Industrial Park Schemes, 1999 & 2002 "Archived
copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170634/http://dipp.nic.in/industrial_park/industrial_p
ark_scheme_17082006.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (http://dipp.nic.in/industrial_park/in
dustrial_park_scheme_17082006.pdf) (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

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External links
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