Spatial Distribution of Spanish Industry: Key Insights
INEQUALITIES IN THE SPACE DISTRIBUTION OF SPANISH INDUSTRY: Key Areas and Lines of Industrial Expansion: New technologies have, on the one hand, led to the segregation of industrial activities and intensive skilled labor to subcontractors and pequeños talleres. The result is a new espacios productivos – a hierarchy of the singular case of Madrid, which reserves the registered office with the ability to make decisions, management, control, innovation, and strategic and production units that are
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Map of Population by Municipalities in Catalonia
This map shows the population of the municipalities of Catalonia for the year 2005. It reflects all the municipalities of Catalonia. The legend is in grayscale, with four different intervals ranging from a population of less than 2,000 to more than 50,000 inhabitants.
Municipalities with over 50,000 inhabitants are noted on the map with the darkest color (Lleida, Tarragona, Girona, Reus, Barcelona, Terrassa, Sabadell, etc.).
Population Categories
- Towns
Understanding Global Population Distribution and Dynamics
1. Population Growth and Demographics
1.1 The Concept of Population and Its Characteristics: The population is the group of people who inhabit a territory, ranging from a very small community to the entire planet.
Demography is the science that describes, quantifies, and analyzes human populations, developing models that explain and predict future trends.
To achieve this, demography utilizes various sources and analyzes demographic data. The most important sources include the Spanish census of
Understanding the Impact of Romanization on Spain’s Development
With Latin penetrating Roman law, there is a substantial basis for modern law. In literature, there were important contributions from Hispanic authors and Seneca. With regard to religion, there was religious tolerance, the implantation of Roman civic cults, and cults identified with the similar Roman Iberian, which allowed indigenous cults. Christianity was imposed as the official religion of the Empire by Emperor Theodosius of Hispanic descent.
• The Demographic Trends in Spain: The demographic
Read MoreThe Evolution of Urbanization from Pre-Industrial to Modern Times
Pre-Industrial Urbanization
DSD understands the origins of cities at the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century. During this period, urbanization was modest. The average size of cities was around 5,000-10,000 inhabitants, while those exceeding 25,000-100,000 were rare.
The factors that favored development were strategic military, political and administrative, economic, and religious.
In pre-industrial urbanization, three stages can be distinguished:
A) Origins of Urbanization
In
Read MoreThe Impact of Revolutions on Society and Economy
U.S. Residents: Residents of the 13 English colonies were unhappy with the mother country not allowing them representation in the English Parliament, forcing them to pay taxes and imposing a trade monopoly over its territory. In 1773, they were granted a monopoly on the sale of tea, which led to their displeasure being shown by attacking a ship, ultimately causing the revolution. In 1776, the members of the 13 colonies drafted the Declaration of Independence for the United States, which was not
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