Selected problems of assessment of suitability of rural areas for investment activities on an example an optimal location for production plant

Rural areas are increasingly often becoming attractive to investors.One obvious reason is the limited total area of land allocated to development in towns.Moreover, land parcels available for development in nonurbanised surroundings are less expensive.Rural areas lying in the proximity of towns are particularly appealing.However, the choice of a location that will satisfy the expectations of both the investor and future users of a planned building development depends on a number of factors, some of which can generate many problems.Thus, decision support methods can be useful when making a decision about the location of a building investment.This article contains a case of an analysis of available locations for the development of an industrial project in a rural area, which was conducted with two methods: multi-criteria analysis and graphic method.