Cites in advanced economies have been
transformed by the substitution of locally
produced for imported goods supported by knowledge intensive logistics services. Using
the framework largely provided by the Global Commodity Chain paradigm, this paper
examines the formation of employment nodes
in manufacturing and transport sectors in
the Western Region of Melbourne and by analysing journey to work data of travel
between the nodes, it seeks to measure the
extent to which employment corridors have
been formed to link these nodes. While the
dynamics of the nodes provides evidence of
the substitution of a buyer driven transpor
t commodity chain for a producer driven
manufacturing commodity chain,
the analysis suggests that an employment corridor
making use of the Western Ring Road has yet to form. In doing so it contributes to the
definition of the concept of an employment corridor.