POL371H1 Lecture Notes - Insitu, Bounded Rationality, Isochrone Map
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Understanding how industries/firms locate in diff places and why. Alfred weber (1909) views industrial location decisions as optimisation processes. Nominated to become the first president of germany. Dominate industries were all heavy industries- steel was a very dominate material. Wanted to find the optimal places for such industries. Came up with a really good model with good variables. Assumes a completely homogenous space except raw materials. Assumptions of weber"s analysis: 1 single-plant firm looks for an optimal location, 2 raw materials are used to produce one product- once the products r finished they will be shipped to one consumption place. Distinguished b/w 2 types of materials- weber"s, location triangle- gross localized materials r easy to access material u have to mine. The other he calls pure localized materials. If u have 3 types of martials u can chose where they go: technological/spatial conditions do not differ between places (a) step 1: only transportation costs are variable.
