Resource Management

Question 1

Global distribution of resources

Answer 1

Food- without access to enough people become malnourished, increases likelihood of disease, don’t perform well at school
Water- clean, polluted by raw sources, water bourne diseases
Energy- industry and transport

Global supply and consumption of resources is uneven - depends on countries wealth

Question 2

Food in the uk

Answer 2

People want seasonal food all year round, organic produce

Carbon footprint of our food is growing- growing,processing, and packaging produces co2

Farming is becoming more industrialised- farm sizes increased and number of workers

Question 3

Managing the uks water

Answer 3

Demand for water varies across the uk - north and west of uk have high rainfall = good supply
South east have high pop in high demand
Water pollution needs to be managed - problems - nitrates, pollutants - cleansed with expensive treatments
Water transfers help maintain supplies - dams affect wildlife and are expensive

Question 4

Energy in the uk

Answer 4

The uks energy mix has changed
The uks supplies of coal oil and gas are running out
Exploiting energy sources causes economic and environmental issues - economic- expensive , not reliable enough
Environmental- releases co2, fracking polluted groundwater, oil spills, ecosystems damaged