Brazil’s Geopolitics and Linguistic Structures
Brazil’s Geopolitical Excerpt
Brazil is the largest economic and military power in South America, but its global importance is still relatively small. Brazil is part of Mercosur, a treaty aimed at expanding trade between member countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela). The U.S., to increase its influence across the continent, proposed the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), which would be an implementation of NAFTA.
Brazil’s Internal Geopolitics
Due to its continental dimensions
Read MoreKey Agricultural and Energy Terms Explained
Key Agricultural and Energy Terms
Aquaculture: Set of activities that, through some kind of intervention in the life cycle of aquatic animals or plants, or in the environment they live in, let you control playback and/or growth.
Part-time Farming: Type of agriculture in which each family operates as an economic unit, resulting in a large part of investment income from a source other than agriculture and provides for retaining the rural population.
Agribusiness: Set of activities related to processing
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New Uses and Their Consequences in Rural Areas
New uses have emerged in rural areas, including:
- Residential and industrial housing.
- Secondary uses, such as the relocation of factories.
- Tertiary uses, such as infrastructure for transportation.
- Conservationist uses, focusing on landscape and cultural preservation.
These new uses have both positive and negative consequences:
- Positive consequences: A more balanced distribution of population and economic activity.
- Negative consequences: Potential loss of identity
Key Economic and Demographic Terms in Spain
Tourism and Accommodation
Occupation of Other Types of Accommodation: Tourist discount accommodation outside traditional inns, such as second residences and apartments, sees a discount rate that has grown recently. It is prevalent in certain tourist areas of the peninsula, offering limited choices beyond hotels and beaches, like those on the coast of Huelva.
Alternative Tourism: This refers to tourism that avoids peak seasons and mass tourism destinations, often found only on certain beaches. Alternative
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Population and Demographics in 19th Century Spain
Population Growth: Population growth was moderated by maintaining high rates of both low birth and mortality rates.
Distribution of the Population: There was a stark contrast between the densely populated coastal periphery and the sparsely inhabited center of the peninsula. Contrasts also existed between rural and urban areas. The majority of the population continued to live in the countryside, although cities grew due to rural exodus, particularly
Read MorePamplona’s Urban Development: Old Town to Periphery
Pamplona’s Urban Development: A Comprehensive View
Pamplona has a complex urban plan, in which different areas can be seen throughout the different stages of urban development: the Old Town, the Ensanche (Widening), and the Periphery.
The Old Town: Roman Origins and Medieval Structure
The Old Town has a Roman origin, dating back to the camp established by Pompey on the remains of an old Vascon settlement. It preserves walls rebuilt after the incorporation of Navarre into Castile, which had defensive
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