A Geographical Analysis of Industry in Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In professional and scientific researches on the location factors which influence the development of industry, there are different views. It is believed that considering only the so-called classic locational factors (raw materials, energy, labor, market, transport links, etc.) is not enough and that it is necessary to include some other factors in this analysis. In the industry of the 21th century, the following factors have a great importance: industrialisation policy of local or national authorities, connection between industry, attracting industry to the so-called industrial agglomeration, transport, customs policy, etc. Today, in the municipality of Bugojno, there are three industrial-business zones in which there is located the majority of Bugojno industry, while other industrial enterprises are deployed either throughout the town, (industries that do not require large areas for action), or are scattered across suburban area (mainly industrial wood processing factories). As a basis for monitoring changes in the distribution of industry of the municipality of Bugojno, there were used two criteria, which are commonly used in such researches. These are locational quotient and regional factor.