The Tertiary Sector in Spain: A Comprehensive Overview
1. Spain: A Country of Services
Spain is experiencing extraordinary growth in the tertiary sector. Due to several factors, tertiary activities have become the mainstay of the economy. Limited energy resources, the need to create competitive companies within the European framework, and our dependence on tourism have accelerated this shift.
2. Characteristics of the Tertiary Sector
The tertiary sector encompasses all economic activities that do not directly produce material goods but provide services.
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Expansion and Penetration in Colonial Territories
In 1870, the decision was made to expand and penetrate colonial territories. Between 1884 and 1885, the Berlin Conference, also known as the “Scramble for Africa,” was held. Metropolis expanded and annexed territories designated as colonies. The entirety of the territory became an empire.
Metropolis
- Were industrial powers.
- Provided guidelines and military policies.
- Established the pattern of trade dynamics.
Colonies
- Supplier of raw materials for industries
Urban Public Transport: A Comprehensive Overview
Urban Public Transport
A streetcar company’s public transport from Toronto, Canada.Public transportation in a city provides the displacement of people from one point to another area of that city. The vast majority of medium and large urban areas have some kind of urban public transport. Its adequate supply in countries like Portugal and Brazil is usually a municipal responsibility, although the city may grant licenses, sometimes accompanied by subsidies, to private companies.
Urban public transport
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What is Biodiversity?
In biology, biodiversity refers to the number of different species and populations of organisms. Ecological diversity expands this concept to include the lasting interactions between species and their environment (the ecosystem). Within each ecosystem, organisms interact with each other and with the surrounding air, water, and soil.
Levels of Biodiversity
Three main levels of biodiversity are often distinguished:
- Genetic Diversity: The diversity within a species. This refers to
Social and Political Transformations of the Industrial Revolution
The political changes that arise or liberal bourgeois revolutions and the Industrial Revolution, manifest with the passage of a stratified society with a class society, and the theoretical equality of all men before the law. In reality society is polarized into rich and poor and predominantly further the inequalities of all kinds. It is directed by the capitalist bourgeoisie and owner (in this last aristocracy still important, but ho declined her prestige and power) that coexist with other social
Read MoreSources of Energy and the Evolution of Spanish Industry
Sources of Energy
Energy and Its Transformations
Energy is the ability to perform work and produce transformations. Energy sources are elements or phenomena capable of doing this work and transformation. We can classify energy sources as non-renewable (exhaustible) and renewable (inexhaustible).
The Changing Energy Landscape in Spain
Early Reliance on Coal
Initially, Spain relied heavily on coal, but domestic production was insufficient, necessitating imports.
The Sixties: A Shift to Oil
The sixties marked
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