resource security

Question 1

what is a resource

Answer 1

any aspect of physical environment that can be used by humans for a good quality of life. eg. water food, material fossil fuels.
usually of value; exploited for economic gain

Question 2

global issues with resources

Answer 2

a country;
-secure physical access to what they need
trade links to resources
reliable supply of resources for a population

Question 3

stock resources

Answer 3

non renewable and exhaustible

Question 4

flow resources

Answer 4

renewable and can be consumed in any given period of time without endangering future consumption

Question 5

critical flow

Answer 5

human demand is greater than capacity

Question 6

non critical flow

Answer 6

everlasting resources such as tide waves running water wind and solar power.

Question 7

measured reserve

Answer 7

size of the reserve has been measured and is known accurately.

Question 8

indicated reserve

Answer 8

size of the reserve has been partly measured and the measurements have been used ti estimate the actual extent

Question 9

hypothetical reserves

Answer 9

reasonable to expect

Question 10

possible reserve

Answer 10

resources that are thought to exist based on knowledge of geology

Question 11

inferred reserve

Answer 11

they are resources that have been idenitified from limited sampling of geology

Question 12

frontier resource

Answer 12

a newly colonise region where resources have been discovered and are brought into production for the first time

Question 13

Friedmans core periphery development model

Answer 13

patterns are based around a core region of the country where most investment Is found.
the periphery remains underdeveloped as many people move to core for work.
the area may still be poorly developed but rapid investment will impove infrastructure and quality of life.

Question 14

artic ocean as a resource frontier

Answer 14

reserve for oil and gas