10. Transport network: transport routes create different networks across geographic space.
These are formed up by nodes -points of departure and arrival- and pathways –lines that
link the nodes together.
11.
12. TEN T SCHEME
European Union
The TEN-T programme consists of
hundreds of projects – defined as
studies or works – whose
ultimate purpose is to ensure the
cohesion, interconnection and
interoperability of the trans-
European transport network, as
well as access to it. TEN-T
projects, which are located in
every EU Member State, include
all modes of transport
33. Since the 1980s ‘Commercial revolution’:
SUPPLY
DEMAND
TYPE OF SALE
TECHNOLOGIES
- Increasing diversification
- Globalisation increase of foreign
trade.
- Increase of purchasing power Increase of demand.
- Mode diversity: age, gender, background, etc.
- Shopping Leisure activity.
- Change of retail spaces
- Adoption of self-service and
large retail stores.
- Retail equipment: card payment
terminals, barcode readers, computers,
etc.
- Purchasing: vending machines, Internet,
etc.
- Payment methods: payment cards,
Internet applications, etc.).
34. Retail: it sells directly to consumers
from a range of establishments.
Domestic trade Trade undertaken within a country’s borders.
Wholesale: it involves buying large
quantities of merchandise directly
from manufacturers and then selling
them to other traders or businesses.
35. TRADITIONAL
BUSINESS
- Specialised shops, grocery shops, municipal markets,
street markets, etc.
- Small-scale operation.
- Limited rotation of products.
- Personalised service.
36. LARGE RETAIL
STORES
- Different typologies.
- Large-scale operations.
- Great variety of products.
- Self-service basis
Supermarkets: food and cleaning
products, mostly, at low prices.
Superstores: greater variety than
supermarkets, and they also include
household appliances, textiles, etc.
37. Shopping parks: a number of shopping centres
grouped into one place and organised into
independent areas.
Department stores: large range of product
types organised into different departments
Shopping centres: combining a superstore and a
large variety of shops and leisure facilities such as
cinema and restaurants
39. Foreign trade is undertaken between countries, involving the purchase (import) or the sale (export) of goods.
40.
41. • Majority of the world’s goods (50 %) and services (75 %).
• Main exports: manufactured goods and technology.
• Main imports: import of energy and raw materials.
• The increase of offshored industries means that the number of imported goods rises every year.
42. • Greater role in the world’s economy.
• Main imports: semi-finished and finished goods and technology.
• Main exports: finished products.
• With less-developed areas, they import raw materials and energy and
they export manufactured products and low-cost technology products.
43. Economies by size of merchandise trade, 2016 (WTO)
Russia
Underdeveloped Latin
American countries
Oceania
Lesser participation in global
trade.
Imports: manufactured
goods.
Exports: energy and food
production.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Marginal region due to
poverty.