Spain’s Transport Evolution and EU Integration
Features and Transport Problems: Improvements Since the 1980s
They have seen improvements since the 1980s.
Physical Environment Challenges
The physical environment is unfavorable: hilly, steep slopes, and adverse climatic features (frost, heavy rain, and fog). These conditions imply an increased cost and reduce profitability. The route network and infrastructure must adapt to certain characteristics of the physical environment, such as the presence of mountain passes.
Radial Transport Networks
The transport
Read MoreThe European Coal and Steel Community: A Foundation for the EU
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
The ECSC was a sectoral economic integration (coal and steel) within supranational bodies. On May 9, 1950, Robert Schuman proposed putting all Franco-German coal and steel production under a high authority within an organization open to other European countries: The Schuman Declaration. Jean Monnet prepared the document from which Schuman made the declaration. Key points in the document included:
- Creating a common market in coal and steel.
- Ensuring the free
Understanding Different Farming and Agricultural Practices
Organic Farming
Organic farming relies on natural systems for production, *without* the use of synthetic chemicals. Soils are decontaminated for two years and then fertilized using organic fertilizers. Crop rotation is employed to prevent soil erosion, and natural systems are used to control pests. Organic products are healthier but more expensive, and demand is still relatively weak. However, the area devoted to organic farming is growing.
Extensive Agriculture
Extensive agriculture requires large
Seahorse Reproduction, Marsupials, and Population Dynamics
Seahorse Reproduction and Marsupial Development
The male seahorse has a pouch on its lower body near the tail where the female deposits eggs. The eggs remain there until the offspring hatch. Emerging seahorses are similar to marsupials, whose young are undeveloped at birth and complete their development in a pouch called a marsupium. Within this pouch, they can reach the mammary gland without leaving the shelter.
Behavioral Adaptations
Behavioral changes consist of organisms adjusting their behavior
Read MorePopulation Distribution: Factors, MEDC vs LEDC
LEDC vs MEDC: Births, Mortality, and Solutions
| LEDC | Situation | Reasons | Consequences | Solutions |
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| Births |
| High birth rate |
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| Mortality |
| Decreasing death rate | Overpopulation |
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Urban Spaces and City Systems: Industrialization Impact
The Industrial City
Endorrecament of walls.
Bourgeois Eixample
Space again, new objectives: health. Creation: lower quality, regular map, you bourgeois residential (first and Madrid). With time modifications, densified plot, building verticalized, tertiary functions.
Worker Neighborhoods
Industrial installations and migration of workers into industrial cities. Creation: disorganized map, dense and closed plot, poor quality housing. Only the industrial center is now located in the periphery of residential
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