The slump forced those areas most dependent on timber or any other single industry to change their economic focus, or die.

This standard defines for most of the countries and dependent areas in the world:

The railroad served an arid area heavily dependent on mineral resources for economic activity.

In the areas dependent on oil, agriculture, steel and copper, among other products, unemployment runs up to three percentage points higher than the national average.

Of these, 42,011 were in the 40 states and 948 were in the 5 dependent areas.

A dependent area is a classification of territory.

In 1800, it was still a largely rural area dependent on farming.

"Are the people moving to these areas dependent on jobs and services far out of their area?"

It shows that a large number of jobs will disappear in Sweden in those areas dependent on shipping.

Some of the former colonies have been integrated as dependent areas or have closer integration with the country.