Paris-Basin - Secondary Activities

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Leaving Cert Geography (Regional Geography) Mind Map on Paris-Basin - Secondary Activities, created by Tom Cahill on 29/10/2013.
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Paris-Basin - Secondary Activities
  1. Communications
    1. Road and Rail
      1. Flat low lying land facilitates dev. of high quality road and rail
        1. High speed TGV
          1. Many autoroutes
          2. Water Transport Facilities
            1. R. Seine
              1. Le Harve Port
              2. Air
                1. 2 International Airports
                  1. Perfume
              3. Population
                1. Paris-Basin 22m
                  1. Paris City 11m
                    1. Large Wealthy Market
                      1. Haute Couture from clothing industry
                        1. Large, Varied labour supply
                          1. Paris City has 17 diff. universities
                        2. 28% Employed
                          1. Heavy - Car M.
                            1. Light - Electronics
                              1. De-Industrialisation
                                1. 750,000 jobs have gone
                                  1. Industries relocated
                                  2. Land and labour is higher cost
                                    1. traffic congestion
                                      1. government encouraged industries to relocate
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