Understanding Territorial Organization: Key Concepts

Here’s a breakdown of key concepts related to territorial organization and regional development:

  • Nation: A historic community where people feel united by common issues such as race, language, culture, and history.
  • Autonomous Community (CCAA): A territorial entity formed by island territories or provinces bordering provinces with historical regional legislation, endowed with autonomy and self-government capacity on matters within its jurisdiction.
  • Province: A local territorial entity formed by a grouping
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Global Inequalities, Regional Groups, and Cultural Diversity

Global Inequalities

Rich Countries

Rich countries, often stemming from Western culture, share common and distinguishing features:

  • Political Stability: Expressed freely through political parties.
  • Demographic Challenges: Facing population aging and a need for young people from other countries.
  • Economic Structure: Industrial and tertiary activities generate more wealth than primary sector activities.
  • Welfare State: Provision of services such as education, health, benefits, and pensions by the state to its
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The Spanish Fishing Industry: Regions, Resources, Challenges

Concepts and Historical Context

Fishing activity is defined as the actions performed by humans aiming to obtain food from seas and oceans. A distinction is made between inshore fisheries, conducted within the coastal zone, and deep-sea fishing, exercised without limitations on distance from the coast.

With the Industrial Revolution, the introduction of the steam engine gave rise to steam trawlers. After the Spanish Civil War, new trawlers were introduced. However, it was in the 1960s, during the Economic

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Key Demographic and Settlement Concepts

Dispersed Settlement Patterns

Dispersed settlement refers to a distribution of human settlements in space characterized by houses surrounded by agricultural terraces and separated from other houses. This pattern is characteristic of the mainland periphery, the Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands. Types include:

  • Fully scattered: No pooled population centers exist.
  • Loosely concentrated: Small groups of houses form villages or parishes.
  • Interspersed dispersed: Houses are scattered among primitive
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EU Economy: Industry, Services, Transport, and Trade Dynamics

EU Economic Sectors: Industry and Services

The Role of Industry in the EU Economy

Industry plays a significant role in the EU economy, accounting for one-third of its GDP and employment. The creation of a common market has fostered industrial cooperation, making Europe one of the world’s leading industrial regions, alongside the US, China, and Japan. Despite industrial restructuring and relocation to countries with lower costs in the 1980s and 90s, European industry still holds potential in high-tech

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Britain’s Industrial Revolution: Population, Farms, Factories

Origins of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution resulted from economic and technological changes first occurring in Britain in the mid-18th century, leading to a profound transformation of its economy and society.

Demographic Revolution in 18th Century Europe

From the mid-18th century, the European population started growing, initiating a process known as the demographic revolution. The causes included increased food production and progress in hygiene and medicine. Diseases and epidemics

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