Global Economics, Employment, and Environmental Perspectives
Economic Perspective
Developed countries and others utilize stock investing for future gains. Key stock exchanges include Tokyo, New York, and London. Chile is a major copper producer. The situation in 1973, when Salvador Allende aimed to nationalize mines, led to price fluctuations. Each stock exchange specializes in different sectors. Stock markets now significantly influence the future of both developed and developing nations. Multinational corporations, often headquartered in developed-world
Read MoreUnderstanding the Primary Sector: Agriculture, Livestock, and Forestry
The primary sector includes activities devoted to agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry, and the exploitation of mining resources. Key trends in the sector include a decrease in the active population. The active population engaged in this activity is aging, and working conditions are often challenging.
Agriculture
Extensive agriculture, common in America, focuses on high yields cultivated in large tracts with low labor input, such as U.S. grain agriculture. Plantation agriculture relies on technology
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Europe in the 15th Century
During the fifteenth century, Europe pursued a demographic and economic recovery, overcoming the serious crisis of the late Middle Ages. Monarchs seized part of the political power from the nobility and centralized it. The disappearance of epidemics led to an increase in population, which also led to increased demand in the agricultural sector, gradually pulling it out of stagnation. Sea routes became active again. The development of trade and crafts increased productivity
Read MoreKey Geographic and Demographic Terms
Watershed
Watershed: The land area drained by a main sewer and its tributaries, whose limit is in the watersheds of each of the rivers that integrate it.
Natural Growth
Natural Growth: A demographic indicator in determining the quantities that the population of a country grows in one year; the difference between natality and mortality.
Real Growth
Real Growth: A demographic indicator that determines the quantities in real mode that the population of a country increases in a year. (Natural growth + Net
Read MoreKey Demographic Concepts and Indicators in Spain
Key Demographic Concepts and Indicators: Spain
Population Census
Population census: Counting and recording demographic information. It is carried out and published with a fixed schedule, with the purpose of ascertaining the demographic, social, cultural, and economic characteristics of all the population. In Spain, the first census was elaborated in 1857, and since 1900 it has been executed every ten years (since 1981, in years ending in one).
Population Density
Density of population: An expression
Read MoreSpain’s Socioeconomic Shifts: Early 20th Century
Economic and Social Transformations in Spain: Early 20th Century
Demographic Evolution
The Demographic Transition
The onset of demographic transition in Spain was marked by a decline in mortality rates and a continued high birth rate.
Migratory Movements
Between 1900 and 1931, Spain experienced a large increase in internal migration, which led to a redistribution of the regional population. A large number of people moved into the modern sectors of the economy, and the agricultural labor force decreased
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