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Industry in the Basque Country
Structure and location
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Industry in the Basque Country
An industrial region1
Basque industry’s structure2
Basque industry’s location3
Continuity and change4
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Introduction
New industrialization after the crisis of the 70s
Conservation of some constitutive elements of the industries
Basque country has suffered the following evolution: Old industrialization Deep crisis in the 70s and 80s Harsh re-structuring Recovery
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Industrial region: terciarization
1
Development of services of high quality
2
Development of tourism and new technological spaces of reduced environmental impact
3
New alternatives to substitute the traditional ones,
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Industrial region
-Basic metallic-Metallic constructions-Machinery-Transport material
Activities in crisis
Consequences:-Loss of employment-Closing of factories-Important influence on urban spaces.
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Industrial region
EmploymentEmployment
Highest number of occupied population
Biggest part in the Spanish industrial employment
Important industrial density:only overcome by Madrid
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Industrial region
Equipment Equipment industriesindustries
Machine-tools 78 %
Printing forge 65 %
Metallic melting 50 %
Home electrical appliances 40%
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-It has the highest industrial concentration- More equilibrated distribution- Transversal valleys and Donostialdea
-High industrial concentration- Related to iron industry- Dominium of big size- Concentrated around Bilbao
-Lowest level of industrial employments-Concentration around Vitoria- Macro-cephalic
Industrial structure
Vizcaya Guipuzcoa Alava
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Structure
Bigger company, fewer number
Coastal location
Employmentregularly distributed
Dominium of small companies
Few bigcompanies
Characteristics
Size of industries
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Localization
ModificationModificationafter 70safter 70s
BB
EE
CC
DD
AAImportance of Vizcaya (Bilbao)
Industrial areasneed of industrial soil
Creation of technological
parks
Changes in traditional location
Industrialization of rural areas
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Location
1
High density regions:-Affected by re-structuring-Nervion’s left margin-Head of many companies-Metallurgic-Expands to: Duranguesado, Deva, Donostialdea
2
Medium density regions:-Goierri, Urola-Coast and Tolosa-Medium and small companies-Also in Plencia-Munguia, and Cantabrica region in Alava
3
Low industrial density:-Rest of the regions-Scarce industrial activity-Some related to food industry.
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Continuity and change
Reduction of big industry in benefit of medium and small
Importance of metallic industry Transformation in location Industrial axes located in the traditional
areas: Bilbao and Duranguesado Guipuzcoan valleys and Donostialdea Vitoria
Loss of importance of some regions Change of activities:
Services Housing
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