Why Latin Europe?

Ana Cardoso de Matos (), Alexandre Fernandez () and Antonio Jesús Pinto Tortosa ()
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Ana Cardoso de Matos: Universidade de Évora
Alexandre Fernandez: Université Bordeaux-Montaigne
Antonio Jesús Pinto Tortosa: University of Malaga

A chapter in The Gas Sector in Latin Europe’s Industrial History, 2023, pp 7-10 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The volume will focus on the geographical framework that the authors have defined as Latin Europe, which includes Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France. The current chapter then will be devoted to explaining the reasons for the exceptionality of the aforementioned region. Among the factors that turn Southern Europe into a peculiar industrial region that demands the researcher’s attention, it is necessary to highlight: the similarities between the countries included in the region, for instance weather conditions, sunshine hours (linked to smaller gas demand), and coal scarcity; the weakness of the industrialisation and the urbanisation process in the four countries; the role played by France in the whole region, providing the human and financial capital required for starting gas production; a small popular gas consume, together with a similar chronology for the start of the gas industry, and for the exit of foreign investment; similar concession models; and finally the small relevance of municipal gas supplies.

Keywords: Latin Europe; Spain; Portugal; Italy; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36674-1_2

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