Spain’s Environmental Challenges and Primary Sector
Environmental Issues
Problems and Policies
Negative human actions include over-exploitation, pollution, and destruction of environmental elements.
Spain’s environmental concern began in the late 1960s, leading to the creation of ICONA in 1971. The 1978 Constitution enshrined the right to enjoy the environment. Current policy aligns with international agreements on climate change, pollution, and desertification.
EU policy promotes sustainable development, addresses degradation, and conserves natural
Read MoreSpain’s Post-War Economic Transformation: From Autarky to Boom
Spain’s Post-War Economic Transformation: From Autarky to Boom
The Consolidation of the Franco Regime
After the war and throughout the 1950s, widespread dissatisfaction with Spain’s economic situation grew, despite international recognition. Between 1956 and 1958, the first workers’ protests and student dissent emerged. Faced with these conflicts, Franco was compelled to abandon the autarky system and form a new government of technocrats, leading to the economic boom of the 1960s.
Autarky and its
Read MoreDomestic Migration in Spain: Recent Trends and Consequences
Domestic Migration in Spain: Recent Trends
In recent years, internal migration in Spain has varied in intensity and geographic patterns. These are the most salient developments:
- The gradual extension of provinces with positive net migration and a decrease in polarization in previously high-migration areas.
- Restructuring of air carriers traditionally associated with emigration and immigration, including the return of former emigrants (emigrantes retornados).
- The rural exodus is being replaced by population
Determinants of Agricultural Activity in Spain
Determinants of Agricultural Activity in Spain
Natural Factors
Relief and Topography
Topography significantly influences agricultural practices. A strong correlation exists between land use and relief. Altitude affects temperature and humidity. Only 11% of Spain’s surface is below 200 meters; much of the plateau’s high elevation increases continentality, impacting agriculture. Slopes and elevations affect soil stability, tillage, erosion, water movement, and mechanization. Rocky terrain, soil origin,
Read MorePopulation Studies: Demographics, Theories, and Pyramids
In sociology and biology, a population is a group of people or organisms of a species that live in a specific geographical area or space. The number of people is normally determined by a census. Demography is the statistical study of human populations. Several aspects of human behavior in populations are studied in sociology, economics, and geography, especially in population geography. The study population is usually governed by the laws of probability, and the conclusions of the studies may not
Read MoreGeography Terms and Definitions
Landscape
A combination of the ecosystem of an area and the economic, social, and cultural factors of human society, determining their influence on the place.
Parallel
Each of the equally spaced circles around the Earth parallel to the Equator.
Plot of Culture
In the land, each farmland owned by a different term or district.
Natural Park
The most emblematic natural areas protected for their geological, hydrological, vegetation, and fauna, maintained by the autonomous region.
National Park
The most emblematic
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