Resources in the UK 🥒(food)💧(water)⚡️(energy) Flashcards
🥒 There is a greater demand for which products in the UK?
- high-value products
- seasonal products
- organic produce
🥒 Why is there an increasing demand for high-value products?
People’s incomes have increased, so exotic fruits, veggies and spices and coffee have become popular
Grown in LICs then exported to UK
🥒 Why is there an increasing demand for seasonal products?
Seasonal fruit is only available during growing months
Imported to meet demands for seasonal produce all year round
🥒 Why is there an increasing demand for organic produce?
People are more concerned about the environment impact of food production and how chemicals affect health
Organic food production is regulated, demand is growing
Most of UK’s organic food is imported
🥒 What is the Carbon Footprint like the in UK (in terms of food production)?
- 10% of uk’s total greenhouse gas emissions are from agricultural (2017)
- transporting food creates CO2 (food miles)
- imported foods travel a long way so add to the carbon footprint and therefore global warming
- people are becoming aware of environmental impacts of transportation meaning people buy local food produce instead
🥒 Since the 1960s there has been growth in …?
Agribusiness
🥒 What is agribusiness?
Large-scale, industrial farming where all processes are controlled by large firms
🥒 How has agribusiness changed farms?
- farm sizes have increased (small farms taken over and field sizes increased)
- amount of chemicals used in food production has increased (artificial and pesticides)
- number of workers employed in agriculture fell to 1.1% of UK’s whole population (2017) due to more machinery being used
💧 which parts of the UK have high rainfall?
North and west
Water SURPLUS
💧 which parts of the UK have low rainfall?
South east and midlands
High population densities - high demand for water
WATER DEFICIT
💧Define: water stress
Demand for water exceeds the available amount
💧Define: water surplus
Greater supply than demand (for water)
💧Define: water deficit
There’s a great demand than supply (for water)
💧 Why does water pollution need to be managed?
Polluted / low quality water reduces the amount available for use
Pressure on available resources
How does water get polluted?
- nitrates and phosphates from crop fertilisers are washed into rivers (algae grows, bad for fish)
- pollutants from vehicles are washed into water resources through runoff when it rains
- chemical and oil spills pollute local water sources and groundwater