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Alfred Weber
LOCATION THEORY

LOCATION TRIANGLE

FIRMS WILL CHOOSE A LOCATION

MINIMIZINGTHEIR TOTAL COST

TRANSPORT COST

LABOR COST

AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES

HEAVY INDUSTRIES

Aluminum Factories Electricity

Ubiquitous Raw Material Markets

MATERIAL INDEX
 Johann Von Thunen
LOCATION THEORY

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE

Answer the
problem of
balancing the cost
of land rents with
the most effective
crops to grow.

INTENSIVE FARMING EXTENSIVE FARMING

FOREST LAND
GRAZING
 William Alonzo
LOCATION THEORY

BID RENT THEORY

Land/real estate/rental costs are higher in and around a city's central
business district due to demand.

Remains to be seen
how internet
commerce will
affect its
applicability
moving forward.

Bid Rent Strengths Bid Rent Weakness

TRANSPORTATION COST RISE OF ONLINE SHOPPING
constant throughout the city; i.e., transportation costs are lower when Online shopping undercuts the relationship between physical location and
travelling within the CBD than when travelling from the residential district to profit margins; population density is not necessarily a determining factor in a
the CBD because the geographic distance is shorter. retail business's success.

Profit/affordability ORGANIZED CITY ASSUMPTION

proportional to population density is the single greatest determining factor not every city conforms to the general pattern of "CBD-
for the desirability of a location for commerce. Industrial District-Residential Districts."
 David Ricardo
LOCATION THEORY

“that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord
for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.”

Reasons for Existence of Rent:

Scarcity of land as a
factor

Differences in the
fertility of the soil.

Rent a Surplus of a Residual Element

Rent as Transfer Earnings

Rent of Mines

If rent depends on price and on the superiority of rent-producing land over

marginal land, we can deduce the following:
Improved methods of farming Population growth:

Improved transport facilities:

 WALTER CHRISTALLER
CENTRAL PLACE THEORY

The Two Central Concepts of Central

Place Theory

THRESHOLD

RANGE

THREE PRINCIPLES
MARKETING PRINCIPLE TRAFFIC PRINCIPLE

SEPARATION PRINCIPLE