Schema della sezione

  •  - Read the powerpoint presentation and documents after watching the PPT presentation by Francesca Sinatra (in 'Seminars')

    Location theory

     
    Weber’s Theory of industrial location 
    Space is characterized by:
    Uniform interest rate;
    Uniform production costs, wages, rents;
    Uniform and proportional to distance unitary transport costs;
    Resources consisting of:
    Localized materials (mine resources)
    Ubiquitous materials (water)
    Losing weight materials (raw material’s weight is only partially reflected into the final product)
    Net materials (raw material’s weight is totally reflected into the final product)
    The model is aimed at identifying the place where to locate a firm / plant minimizing costs related to places
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    Raw material places
    Energy places
    Market / consumption places