paper 2 global resource management

Question 1

what are key resources that influence well being

Answer 1

food water energy

Question 2

what is correlation between availability of these resources and wellbeing

Answer 2

where availability is scarce there is a reduction in wellbeing

Question 3

how is food significant to wellbeing

Answer 3

needed for calories

Question 4

how is water significant to wellbeing

Answer 4

drink to survive, wash dispose of waste, process food and in manufacturing

Question 5

how is energy significant to wellbeing

Answer 5

heat homes, transport, power machinery, process food

Question 6

what is the impact of population growth on resources

Answer 6

as population grows pressure on demand for resources increase and supply struggles with demand

Question 7

what are the inequlities globally in essential resources

Answer 7

generally HICs consume more resources than LICs

Question 8

what problems do we face

Answer 8

resources are unevenly distributed. As wealth of LICs grow so does demand for resources this and growth in population leads to a shortage of essential resources

Question 9

what are global inequalities in supply and consumption of food

Answer 9

average calorie consumption on HIC 3200 per person in LIC 1580

Question 10

what is water footprint

Answer 10

amount of water a country uses in a day it is used to compare countries consumptions

Question 11

what are global inequalities in water consumption

Answer 11

global average water footprint 1240l /person 2483l/ person in USA and 896l in Banglasdesh

Question 12

what are global inequalities in consumption of energy

Answer 12

richest 1 billion people in the world consume 50% of worlds energy poorest 1 billion consume 4%

Question 13

why has demand for resources grown

Answer 13

as we develop new products, processes and change lifestyle. LIC and NEEs develop industry demand for resources grows

Question 14

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