Developed by María Jesús Campos Fernández, teacher of Geography and History at a bilingual section in Alcorcon (Madrid, Spain). learningfromgeography.wikispaces.com learningfromhistory.wikispaces.com

1. THE TERTIARY
SECTOR: SERVICES.
TRANSPORT
María Jesús Campos Fernández.
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4. Tertiary
Sector
Transport
Tourism
Trade
Telecommunications
Banking
Education and Culture
Healthcare System
Others (lower-end tertiary sector):
domestic work; street vending…

5. Tertiary Sector
 Definition: tertiary sector; services
 Diversity:
 Tertiary sector vs quaternary sector
 Upper-end tertiary sector
 Lower-end tertiary sector
 Characteristics: heterogeneous; intangible and inmaterial; imposible to store; close to the
consumer; low level of mechanisation; expanding; unequal distribution
 Classification:
 Public services
 Distribution services
 Business services
 Consumer services
 Transport
 Tourism
 Trade
 Telecommunications
 Banking
 Education and culture
 Healthcare System

6. Transport

7. Transport
 Definition: means of transport and infrastructures
 Types: ground transport, water transport and air transport
 Functions of transport
 Transport networks
 Importance and impact of transport
 Spain

8.  Means of transport:
the vehicles used for
travel
 Infrastructures:
elements necessary for
transport and to allow
the functioning of
means of transport
(roads, railways,
airports, ports…)

9. Types of Transport: Ground
transport

10. Types of Transport: Water
Transport

11. Types of Transport: Air
Transport

12. Functions of Transport
• Exchange of goods and the everyday
travel of the population.Economic
• Integrates the differente regions and
areas of the territory allowing economic
access and acces to public services
Political
• Facilitates human relations, leisure and
connects culturesSocial

13. Transport Networks
 The infrastructure which is
necessary for vehicles to
circulate.
 Nodes: cities, stations
 Axes or lines: connect the
nodes.
 Connectivity between the
nodes is connected to the
level of development:
 Developed countries have a
dense, structured and
hierarchical network
 Developing or
underdeveloped countries:
less dense and less
structured network.

21. Developed by María Jesús Campos
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