Catalonia Economic Profile: Industry, Agriculture, Trade, Tourism
Catalan Industrial Landscape
Key Features
- Diversified production structure, notably in transport and food chemistry.
- Strong presence in machinery and the processing industry.
- Characterized by small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and industry fragmentation.
- Relatively low productivity and R&D investment.
- Significant industrial concentration in metropolitan areas.
Industrial Area Distribution
Industrial location is closely related to urban systems, main transport routes (roads), and major rivers. Specific
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Understanding Urbanization
Immigration has been interpreted in three ways:
- First, it is considered a demographic, by which a growing proportion of the population of an area is concentrated in urban areas as defined statistically. This concentration is largely migration from rural areas and the difference between birth and mortality rates.
- The second interpretation relates urbanization to social and economic changes caused by capitalist industrialization. Structural urbanization is linked to industrialization
Landslide Resource Exploitation: Ecosystems & Sustainability
Landslide Resource Exploitation
Ecosystems
Ecosystems are, in principle, autonomous dynamical systems, forming a natural community (biocenosis) and a physical environment (biotope), which interact with each other. Ecology is the science that studies ecosystems.
Exploitation and Sustainable Development
Overexploitation of natural resources occurs when these are exploited at a rate higher than their natural regeneration. Natural resources can be classified into renewable and partially renewable. Renewable
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Key Economic and Industrial Terms
Agribusiness: Sector of economic activity that includes the various processes of transformation of agricultural products, irrespective of the industrial branch they fall under: food, textiles, energy, etc.
Multinational Company: A term used to refer to companies with factories in several countries. These factories are legally separate but linked to the decisions of the headquarters, which is located in another country. Eg. Ford.
ERDF (European Regional Development
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Prehistory: Dawn of Humanity
Prehistory encompasses the period from the appearance of humanity until the first written records. Knowledge of this era comes from human skeletal remains, discovered tools, remnants of housing, and artistic creations. Humans appeared approximately 2 million years ago and made crucial discoveries, notably controlling fire and domesticating animals.
Paleolithic Period: Nomadic Life
During the Paleolithic period, humans were nomadic. They lived near rivers, subsisting on
Read MoreKey Agricultural and Rural Development Terminology
Organic Agriculture
A farming system based on the optimal use of natural resources, avoiding synthetic chemicals or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to produce organic food.
Extensive Agriculture
Characterized by the need to increase acreage to boost production, primarily using traditional methods. Key features include low yields, low capitalization, and reliance on traditional crops.
Extensive Livestock
Characterized by very long production cycles and the use of native breeds adapted to the local