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Mezzogiorno Secondary Activities
Question | Answer |
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Poor Primary sector | Lacks natural resources eg oil gas minerals and water. Only small oil deposits of oil and gas are found in the region |
Gas is imported from Algeria via large pipes . Hydroelectric power is very limited, as prolonged drought dries up rivers | |
Lack of agricultural diversity limits industries such as food processing. Olive oil and wine are produced from olives and grapes | |
Peripheral Location | Far away from large urban markets: the southern tip is 1100km away from the capital. |
Because of upland relief it is expensive and difficult to develop high quality road and rail links | |
building of the autostrada del sole connected the mezzogiorno to the north, but long distnace made transport expensive | |
Limited labour force, due to outward migration as people travel north for education. | |
The Vanoni plan aimed to attract inward investment to the region by making it more suitable for MNC's |