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Geography?of?Industry?and?Services Major?Industrial?Regions?of?the?World?Before?1950:?Germany,?America,?USSR?(esp.?Ukraine), Japan,?and?China ?Main?determinants: ?Near?raw?materials ?Transportation?(creation?of?US?Interstate?system?in?the?1950s,?other?countries?followed, ?????????????planes)???>?Not?everything?had?to?be?regionalized?anymore ?But...additional?needs: ?Goods?and?capital ?Political?circumstances ?Economic?leadership ?Labor?costs ?Levels?of?education?and?training How?Do?Location?Theories?Explain?Industrial?Location? ?What?is?location?theory? ?Predicting?where?business?will?or?should?be?located ?Three?different?theories ?Factors?to?consider: ?Variable?costs ?Friction?of?distance LOCATION?MODELS: Weber?s?Model Hotelling?s?Model Losch?s?Model