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PARIS BASIN - Coggle Diagram
PARIS BASIN
Tertiary Economic Activity
Banks
90% of French banking Headquarters are in Paris
63.7% of French people are in the service sector showing Paris well developed
Investment Brokers
Helps new and upcoming businesses
Restaurants
helps with tourism and economic flow
Transport
helps people commute to work day to day. Metro, RER, Taxis, Ubers etc
Hotels
Helps with tourism
Employment
Creates economic flow
Tourism
Helps economic flow as tourists spend huge amounts of money in paris
Tourism in 2019 provided $18 billion dollars in Paris
Urban Planning and Development
Manages population density in Paris. Transport infrastructure such as the metro and RER trains. Traffic management.
Insurance
Natural disaster risk management. Climate change adaption. Environmental considerations.
Healthcare and Hospitality
Employs people in Paris. Easy transport to hospitals. Very good facilities. High educated doctors and nurses.
Entertainment and media
Promotes Paris as a city and attracts tourists
Better quality of life
Primary Economic Activity
Agriculture
Vineyards
Eastern part of paris basin
lots of sunshine
Dairy Farming
60,000 French Dairy Farms
wetter oceanic climate is ideal for growing grass
Livestock
Cereals
Wheat+Barley
Warm Summer temp+Moderate rainfall
Ideal conditions
Farms are large and well mechanised
Efficent
Forestry
Wood production
Forest Management
Fishing
Rivers
Water irrigation
Aquatic life
Mining
Limestone
Sand+Gravel
Clay
Climate and Geography
Soil
High in calcium
Very fertile
Aspect
Cool temperate oceanic
Good climate for livestock
Ile de France
Cool temperate continental
Resources
Solar
Wind
Geothermal
Water
Paris Basin
Climate
Farms
Modern Machinery
Tractors
Harvesters
Dairy farms, most popular
Cheese
Butter
Fresh cream
Avarage: 50 hectares
Soil
West of the region clay soils hold moisture ideal for pastoral farming and dairy farming
Thick layer of limon soils covers much of the region
Fertile stoneless soil, easily cultivated
Cool, tempered, oceanic climate
Summer temps
Reach to 20 degrees
Ideal for wheat growing
Rainfall
Ideal for farming
1000 millimeters of rain per year
Energy Usage
Uses mainly oil
150m to 160m
France is the 3rd most oil consuming country in Europe
Oil and gas are imported from the port of La Harve
France and the Paris basin depend on its nuclear generating copacity
Increased by 10% over the past decade
Nuclear
75% of Frances energy is generated by nuclear power
Uranium is imported from Niger in Africa
A lot of nuclear power plants are located in the Paris Basin
Market
Large domestic market
Population of 24 million
Very successful in:
Dairy
Gardening industries
Is centrally located
Very easily accessible
Population Dynamic
Region is super well developed
Workers are very skilled, allows the region to flourish with jobs all over Paris
17 universities in the region alone
Where as Ireland has 10 in the whole country
Secondary Economic Activity
Population Dynamics
0.61% change annually
population of 22 million (1 third of the population of France)
4 Key Factors
Birth
Death
9.5 death rate in the last 3 years
Immigration
9% of migrants are attracted here because of simple jobs
Migrant population is over 1.4 million
Over 9% of the population are hugely diverse
Emigration
Rich consumer market
Climate for farming
Crops
Grapes for Wine (nearly 8 billion bottles made in France each year)
Cereal (54 million tonnes per year)
Wheat (58% of all crops grown in the Paris Basin)
Barley (able to thrive in warmer conditions in the east of the basin)
Animals
Cattle (milk for cheese)
Paris Metropolitan Area has a polulation of 14m alone