Urban and Demographic Concepts: Spain’s Territorial Structure
Key Urban and Demographic Concepts
Definitions
Demographic Desert:
CBD (Central Business District): The Central Business District is where the main commercial and financial activities take place. Most buildings are offices; not many are houses. There are lots of skyscrapers.
Natality: Natality is the number of people born over a year in a particular area.
Active Population:
City Functions
The Functions of a City
Residential: A common function of all cities.
Political and Administrative: A function of cities
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Demography: The Study of Human Population
Demography is the scientific study of human population. Demographers use a number of demographic rates to measure population. By comparing all these rates, they can analyse population growth and trends as well as its present-day characteristics.
Key Demographic Rates
- The birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 people in an area over a year. Formula: (Annual births / Total population) x 1000
- The fertility rate is the average number of babies born to women
Spain’s Fishing Industry: Regions, Methods, and Challenges
Spain’s Fishing Industry
Fishing is one of the most important primary industries in Spain, despite the outsourcing of the economy. Among the factors that determine this, the abundance of coasts is highlighted first: as a peninsula, facing the sea on three sides, Spain has exploited marine resources of different features from two seas: the Atlantic and Cantabrian, with colder waters, and the Mediterranean, with warmer waters and increased salinity. This is why Spain is in one of the first places in
Read MoreMining Impacts, Transportation, and Climate Classification
Impacts of Mining Activity
Direct Impacts
Direct impacts are associated with minimal changes to the smooth development of the overall production process.
Indirect Impacts
Indirect impacts are associated with the linkages that mining irradiates but are not necessarily or exclusively oriented to the particle saltpeter mining process. A large northern modeler is copper.
Transportation
The Geography of Movement extends its field of study to the general movements or groups of men or goods that reach a breadth
Read MoreUnderstanding Spain’s Economy: Sectors, Resources & Labor
Labor Force
The labor force includes all persons 16 years and older who provide labor for the production of goods and/or services, are available, and make efforts to join the working world. It comprises people who are employed and those who are seeking employment. In Spain, there was a marked increase in the labor force from 1987, due to the active incorporation of women into the workplace. In 2008, the population had a high number of workers, mainly because of the labor of young people born during
Read MoreIndustrial Revolution: Causes, Impact, and Social Change
Industrial Revolution: Causes and Consequences
Key Terms
- Industrial Revolution: The process of slow but steady change that affected the industry in addition to other economic sectors and all groups.
- Puddling: A procedure that involves removing excess carbon in the iron to make it more resistant.
- Laminate: Proportion that allowed sheets a better handling and modeling of iron.
- Labor Movement: Collective actions undertaken by workers to improve their economic and political situation.
- Luddite: Workers who