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recourse management Flashcards

1
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what is a recourse

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-stock or supply of something that has value or purpose

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2
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why are food recourses significant

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-balanced diet prevents illness
-people need to be well fed to be productive
-obsesity is a problem in HICs

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3
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what are the global inequalities of food

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  • over 1 billion people don’t get enough calories
    -undernutrition
    -some countries cant provide enough food
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4
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why is water important

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-for drinking
-vital for crops
-produce energy

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5
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what are the global inequalities of water

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-variation in climate can effect rainfall
-capture, storage, and extraction are expensive
-many poor countries have water shortgae
-LIC/NEEs need for agriculture

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why is energy needed

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-light, heat, power
-powers factories
-fuel for transport

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what are the global inequalities of energy

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–as NEEs become industrialised demand for energy increases

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8
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in 2019 how much food eaten in the uk came from LICs

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12%

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9
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what is organic produce

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grown without the use of artificial chemicals

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10
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why is organic food produce expensive

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-high labour costs

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what is an example of an organic farm in the UK

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river ford organic farms

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12
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why is river ford organic farms good

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reduces food miles and provides local employment

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13
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where does river ford deliver vegetables to

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devon, yorkshire, Peterborough and Hampshire

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14
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what are food miles

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distance travelled by selected foods

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15
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why is air travel for food bad

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-has a carbon footprint
-expensive

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16
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what is an agribusiness

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large commercial farms with high levels of investment that use technology, scientific research and chemicals to maximise production

17
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why is there an increase of demand of water in the UK

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-growing population
-greater use of domestic appliances

18
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where in the uk is there water surplus

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in the north and west where supply exceeds demand

19
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where in the uk is there water deficit

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the south and east where demand exceeds supply

20
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what is water stress and where is it in the uk

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-where demand exceeds supply
-in southern england

21
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what is a water transfer scheme

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moves water from an area of surplus to an area of deficit

22
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what are the disadvantages of water transfer schemes

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-high cost
-damage to ecosystems
-greenhouse gases

23
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why is energy security affected in the Uk

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as the uk is increasing dependant on imported energy

24
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what is fracking

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-natural gas trapped deep underground is extracted by high pressure liquids being injected a rock

25
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what is food security

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having access to enough affordable nutritious food to maintain a healthy lifestyle

26
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what is irrigation

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artificial watering of land involving construction of expensive dams and reservoirs

27
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what is biotechnology

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using living organisms to make or modify products or processes

28
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what is a sustainable food supply

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ensuring of fertile soils, water and environmental recourses are available for future recourses

29
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what does an energy security depend on

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its supply and consumption

30
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what can be extracted through cracking

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shale gas which is a natural gas

31
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what are the advantages of shale gas

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-lower risks of enviromental impacts than oil
-45% lower co2 emissions that fossil fuels

32
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what are the disadvantages of shale gas

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-wastewater and chemicals can contaminate groundwater
-contributes to global warming

33
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what is energy conservation

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the reduction of energy use by using technology, and changing behaviour

34
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what is sustainable development

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economic development which does not har or deplete natural resources

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