Applied to our current problem of geographical organization and localities, this implies that locations that are initially contingent to each other may come to assume a degree of necessity in their relations. This might occur for a variety of reasons, ranging from immobile capital investments of long duration to the more intangible development of knowledge, mutual understanding and trust. To the extent that such structures of relations emerge, additional commitments are made on the assumption of future continuity, and thus immobility intensifies. We have tried to capture this idea at the local scale through the concept of ’local dependence’ of firms, governments and people (Cox and Mair, 1988; 1989). Harvey’s (1985a; 1985b: 125-169) related concept of ‘structured coherence‘ applies to the socio-spatial structures as a whole.