Lecture 8 - A World of Resources

Question 1

What defines Prodcution?

Answer 1

-Making of commodities, ideas or knowledge
-Related to exchange and consumption (all three depend on each other)

Question 2

What are the Main forms of Production?

Answer 2

-Agricultural (hunter-gathering>family farming>agro-capitalism)
-Industrial (Craft production>proto-industrial>mass production>specialist component production)
-Energy

Question 3

What are Resource Peripheries?

Answer 3

-Sites of primary production
-Most scarred landscapes on Earth
-Set within core-periphery model
-Highly vulnerable to boom and bust

Question 4

Describe the History of Tin Production in the UK

Answer 4

-Tin in English West Country
-Initially very small-scale
-In 1198, under Henry II tin-mining fell within “just and ancient customs of Devon and Cornwall”
-In 1201 under John I, tin-miners were only allowed to search for tin on any un-enclosed land
-Transition in 18/19th century employing industrial wage-labourers
-Raw and pressed tin was now property of commercial enterprises
-Competition and cheaper global production led to decline (by 1890s only 16 mines were open with less than 400 miners)

Question 5

Describe Current Chicken Production

Answer 5

-Chickens are raised and killed in huge numbers
-In 2020, over 118 million tonnes of chicken meat was produced globally, representing 35% of global meat consumption
-Chickens are simply viewed as a resource for human consumption, having been bred for size (increased 300% in last 50 years)