Locational patterns of the food-processing industry in Poland
基于韦伯区位理论，提出食品加工业的区位取向假设，并用波兰数据检验，发现大部分假设成立，但部分结果与模型不符，最后讨论区位取向对公共政策和农村发展的启示。
<sec> Referring mostly to Alfred Weber's location theory and to works of E.M. Hoover, the authors make some hypotheses regarding the location orientations of various food-processing industries. This forms the subject of the first section of the paper. The subsequent section is devoted to testing these hypotheses. The authors employ simple methods of regional analysis in order to identify the actual location orientations of selected food-processing industries. The results of the empirical analysis confirm, to a large extent, the hypotheses made earlier. Nevertheless, there are some results which are not consistent with the model In the next section, the authors relate location orientation considerations to public policy, trying to answer the question, whether these considerations can yield any premises on which location-planners and policy-makers could act in the sphere of the food industry distribution and rural development. The answer is, generally, positive, but more insight into this topoic is needed. </sec>