ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the territory that will be the basis of the case study presented in Chapter 6 (the Valencia textile-clothing industrial district) and establishes the methodology of analysis used to obtain homogeneous and reliable primary information from that territory. First, it describes the process of geographical delimitation of the industrial district as unit of analysis. Second, it explains the methodology of the study carried out in the Comunidad Valenciana through a questionnaire distributed to local district firms affiliated with the Association of Textile Entrepreneurs of the Comunidad Valenciana (ATEVAL), which is the Spanish textile-clothing association with the largest membership. Finally, it presents a preliminary analysis of the questionnaire results, which for now is essentially descriptive and will be developed further in Chapter 6.
