resource management

Question 1

what are the three basic needs for humans?

Answer 1

water, food and energy

Question 2

impacts of food

Answer 2

• without access to nutritious food, people can become malnourished as they don’t have the eight balance of nutrients (can affect development of children)
• malnourishment increases the risk of getting diseases
• people who are malnourished have lower productivity, so it harms not only their personal economic well being but also the country’s economic wellbeing

Question 3

impacts of water

Answer 3

• clean water is needed for drinking, cleaning, cooking etc
• if water ins’t clean, people are at risk of catching waterborne diseases like cholera and typhoid
• people also may have to walk long distances to fetch water, so they are working less which impacts the economy negatively

Question 4

impacts of energy

Answer 4

• energy is used for industry, transport and homes
• in industries, electricity can create jobs, positively boosting the economy
• if people can use lights during the dark, productivity is higher as they are working for longer
• way of life in HICs depend on a large and stable supply of energy

Question 5

supply and consumption of resources in HICs and LICs

Answer 5

• higher in HICs as they can afford it and expect a higher standard of living
• lower in LICs as they have to spend money on importing it or making use of resources that they already have
• NEEs use rapid amounts of resources as they are quickly developing

Question 6

demand of food in the UK

Answer 6

• increasing as people want seasonal food all year round meaning food has to be imported from other countries eg Mexico for strawberries
• organic produce is becoming more popular as more people are becoming aware of the environmental impacts
• increase in demand for high value foods eg, coffee and exotic fruits. typically imported from LICs

Question 7

carbon footprint

Answer 7

c.f is growing and people are becoming more environmentally aware so are buying more locally produced fruit and veg

Question 8

farming and industrialisation

Answer 8

• farm sizes are increasing
• chemicals used in food production is increasing
• workers are being replaced with machinery

Question 9

what is agribusiness

Answer 9

large scale industrial farming