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Secondary activities, tertiary activities and human processes in the Mezzogiorno region. Teaching aid for discussing these activities for regional geography (Leaving Certificate Geography)
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The Mezzogiorno Region
Secondary Activities
• Before 1950 – unattractive region for industry:• Why?
Secondary Activities
• From 1965 – the Cassa scheme promoted industry in the south of Italy• What measures did they take?
Secondary Activities• However, the Cassa scheme had limited success
and the south still remains poor.• Why?
The creation of jobs in industry < loss of jobs in agriculture
Secondary Activities• Industry today
Economically advantaged
Still economically disadvantaged
= Growth centres
Tertiary Activities
• Tourism
Tertiary Activities• The Cassa Scheme and Tourism: What did they do?
15% of funding for tourism
Tertiary Activities• Transport and Communications
Main transport problem:
mountainous landscape
Human Processes
• People
Population of the region?
Life expectancy?
Human Processes
Religion
Human Processes
Birth rate high
Emigration high
Human Processes• Unlike other peripheral regions, in-migration is also high.• What are the reasons and where do these migrants come
from?