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THEORY OF INDUSTRIAL LOCATION: Alfred Weber by

Sujit. Kr. Bhattacharya, Associate Prof in

Geography, Barasat Govt. college

FROM 1907 TO 1933, WEBER WAS

A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

UNTIL HIS DISMISSAL FOLLOWING

CRITICISM OF HITLERISM.

ASSUMPTIONS OF WEBER’S

THEORY

• A THE CENTRES OF CONSUMPTION ARE FIXED

PRODUCTION

MANUFACTURE ASSEMBLY OF PACKAGING OF PARTS PARTS FOR OF FINISHED GOODS FINISHED GOODS

FACTORS INFLUENCING LOCATION OF

PLANTS

1. PRIMARY OR REGIONAL FACTORS

2. SECONDARYOR AGGLOMERATIVE AND

DEGLOMERATIVE

TRANSPORT COST IS DEPENDENT ON TWO

FACTORS:

1. TOTAL WEIGHT TO BE TRANSPORTED

2. DISTANCE TO BE COVERED

WEBER CLASSIFIED RAW MATERIALS

INTO TWO TYPES:

A. UBIQUITOUS MATERIALS

B. B. LOCALIZED MATERIALS

WEBER ALSO DIVIDES MATERIALS INTO TWO

TYPES ON THE BASIS OF THEIR NATURE OF

TRANSPORTATION IN THE PROCESS OF

PRODUCTION

PURE MATERIALS PURE OR NON-WEIGHT LOOSING MATERIALS DO NOT LOOSE THEIR WIGHT IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION. SUCH MATERIALS DO NOT PULL PLANTS TO THEIR PLACES OF OCCURRENCES. EXAMPLES: COTTON TEXTILE, WOOL, ETC. IMPURE OR GROSS MATERIALS IMPURE OR GROSS MATERIALS LOOSE PART OF THEIR WEIGHT OR THEIR TOTAL WEIGHT IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION. HENCE, IMPURE MATERIALS EXERT STRONG INFLUENCE ON LOCATION OF PLANTS. EXAMPLES: IRON & STEEL, SUGAR INDUSTRY, ETC.

MATERIAL INDEX

• ON THE BASIS OF THE ABOVE REASONING WEBER DEVELOPED A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA TO MEASURE THE RELATIVE PULL OF MATERIALS.
• MATERIAL INDEX = WEIGHT OF LOCALIZED MAYTERIALS/WEIGHT OF THE FINISHED PRODUCTS. IF MATERIAL INDEX > 1 THEN THE PLANT WOULD BE LOCATED NEAR THE SOURCES OF MATERIALS. IF MATERIAL INDEX < 1 THEN THE PLANT WOULD BE LOCATED NEAR TO THE MARKET.

ISODAPANES

ISODPANES REPRESENT POINTS OF EQUAL

TRANSPORTATION COST INCLUDING

ASSEMBLING COST OF MATERIALS

AND DISTRIBUTION COST OF

FINISHED PRODUCTS.

CRITICAL ISODAPANE

IT IS A POINT WHERE

WHERE BOTH LABOUR COST AND

TRANSPORTATION COST ARE

MINIMUM AS COMPARED TO THEIR

TOTAL COST ANYWHERE ELSE.

SECONDARY FACTORS

SECONDARY FACTORS LEAD TO CONCENTRATION OR DISPERSAL OF INDUSTRIES. THEY ARE:

A. AGGLOMERATIVE FACTORS ARE THE

EXTERNAL ECONOMIES WHICH RESULT

FROM CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRIES

AT A PARTICULAR PLACE.

B. DEGLOMERATIVE

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