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Theory of the Location of Industries
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Theory of the Location of Industries

work by Weber
Also known as: “Über den Standort der Industrien”
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  • Johann Heinrich von Thünen, lithograph by J.H. Funcke after a portrait by W. Ternite.
    location theory

    …den Standort der Industrien (Theory of the Location of Industries, 1929). Weber’s theory, called the location triangle, sought the optimum location for the production of a good based on the fixed locations of the market and two raw material sources, which geographically form a triangle. He sought to determine…

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    …den Standort der Industrien (Theory of the Location of Industries, 1929). Weber’s theory, called the location triangle, sought the optimum location for the production of a good based on the fixed locations of the market and two raw material sources, which geographically form a triangle. He sought to determine…

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