European Regional Funds: Objectives, Impact, and Spanish Integration
European Regional Funds and Policy Objectives
The objective of European regional funds is to address territorial disparities within the EU. Significant differences exist between regions and countries, stemming from historical economic development patterns. Regions that developed based on maritime trade along the North and Mediterranean Seas, and these differences were accentuated by the Industrial Revolution and the division after the Second World War.
These regions now have diverse impacts and capacities
Read MoreGeographic and Economic Terms: Definitions and Concepts
Geographic and Economic Terms
- Marine Transgressions: Advancing sea onto the continent due to various circumstances (eustatic movements, melting ice, climate change, etc.).
- Activity Rate: The rate that relates the active population (employed and unemployed) with the total population of a country, expressed as a percentage.
- Rambla: A river course in the Mediterranean environment that is typically dry during the summer months.
- City Persons: A satellite town near a metropolis, closely linked and primarily
European Expansion, Monarchies, and Key Terms
Europe Dissemination
The reasons for the findings, five types of reasons:
- Economic: Castile and Portugal sought gold and silver to finance the monarchy and participate in beneficial commercial species.
- Political: To strengthen the prestige of their authoritarian monarchy, some aimed at conquering other territories.
- Scientific and Technical: With the help of scientific and technical progress (portulans, compasses, and astrolabes), they were able to perform multiple explorations of the sea.
- Religious:
Spanish Rural Activities: Agriculture, Livestock, and Tourism
Diversification of Rural Activities
While rural land uses are essentially agricultural and livestock-based, other activities are also of great importance. These include forestry, agroforestry, housing, and the increasingly growing rural tourism sector.
Farm Activities
Farm activities represent 56% of total agricultural income and have experienced significant changes in the last forty years. Cultivated areas have decreased, except for citrus, while production has increased in all products except legumes.
Read MoreUrban Evolution: Industrial to Postindustrial Cities in Spain
Industrial Urbanization
The period marked by generalized growth in most cities benefited from the location of certain government services and institutions. The arrival of substantial immigration resulted in the need to tear down the old walls. Widenings appeared with orthogonal geometric plans. These expansions were dedicated to the residence of the emerging commercial and industrial bourgeoisie. At the time of its creation, it took a regular grid plan with straight roads, most of them wider than
Read MoreUnderstanding Global Regions: A Demographic and Cultural Study
Key Terms
- Demographic: The science that statistically studies human population, its composition, state, and distribution.
- Culture: Beliefs, values, and customs shared by a society.
- Literacy Rate: Percentage of people who can read and write.
- External Debt: Money borrowed from another country or an international institution.
- Maghreb: Region of North-West Africa that includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania.
- Ethnic Group: Group of people with similar physical or cultural characteristics.