The primary and secondary sectors
The primary and secondary sectors across the world
The primary and secondary sectors in Spain
The primary sector
Improvements in production systems
Allowed us to produce more food
Agricultural and livestock activities
For the purposes of trade
For self-consumption
Gross domestic product
The value of goods and services
Produced in one year
The secondary sector
Two main activities
Industry
It uses technology and robots
To perform many of the operations on the assembly line
Cars, electrical appliances and computers
The great industralised countries
The ones with the most advanced economies and technology
The United States, Japan, the European Union, Russia, China and India
Relocation
The process of moving from developed countries
To other with more liberal laws and lower wages
Because of the highly polluting industries
The primary sector
The secondary sector
Agricultural activities, forestry, mining and fishing
Carried out by fewer and fewer people
Due to mechanisation
Agriculture and livestock
Provide food and raw materials
To produce other products
Depending on the amount of water the crops need
Non-irrigated crops
Irrigated crops
Mining
Consists on extracting minerals from the Earth's surface
This was always a very important activity
Mines
Have transformed the landscape
Have created certain characteristics and cultural traditions
Forest exploitation or forestry
Over 4% of the working population
Mainly focused on obtaining wood
For construction
For making furniture and paper
Most wood production comes from Galicia
Other important areas of wood production
The Basque Country and Castilla y Leon
Wood
Main kinds of woods
Pine, eucalyptus, beech, oak and Holm oak
The corn oak provides cork
Fishing
The catching and removal of fish or other aquatic species from their environment
Spain catches a large amount of fish
Production has increased
As a result of river fish and sea farms
Fishing sector is very substantial
In Galicia, the Canary Islands and Western Andalucia
Activities related to industry and energy
Which are necessary for industrial machines to run properly
As well as construction
Which employs about 19% of the workforce
The production of energy
Industrial activity
Renewable energies
Less polluting
Solar, hydraulic or wind power
Non-renewable energies
From burning fossil fuels
Splitting uranium atoms
Nuclear
Coal, oil, natural gas...
Spain
Does not produce gas
Has to import them
One of the largest global producers of wind power
Many reservoirs to generate hydroelectric energy
Seven nuclear power plants
Industry employs 11.2% of the Spanish workforce
Main industrial areas
In the provinces of Madrid and Barcelona
In the Valencia region
In the Basque Country
In other areas of Andalucia, Galicia, Zaragoza and Asturias
Construction
Is the activity of building or making changes to houses and transport infrastructure
The sector grew a lot at the beginning of the 21st century
With the building of large housing developments in the big cities
With the development of tourist areas along the coast
Construction
