Unit 2 C - The Challenge Of Reasource Managment Flashcards
What are resources?
Features of the environment which are needed and used by people
3 essential resources for humans
Water
Energy
Food
What are the two well-being’s food, water and energy are essential for ?
Social wellbeing
Economic wellbeing
Importance of food for social wellbeing and economic wellbeing
Social wellbeing - energy to socialise and participate in sports. Food provides minerals which allows health to be sustained
Economic wellbeing - people need food to work and be healthy. If people have too little food they won’t be productive at work and loose jobs / income.
Lack of food may cause illness —> people can’t work
Importance of energy ( fuels , electricity ) for social and economic wellbeing
Social wellbeing - use energy to power homes. This keeps us warm and prevents hypothermia
Economic wellbeing - quaternary sector couldn’t function.
Goods couldn’t be manufactured easily.
Fuel for car means you can drive to work. Without this you couldn’t find a job therefore poverty
Importance of water for social wellbeing and economic wellbeing…
Social wellbeing - healthy and active lifestyle. No water leads to dehydration
Economic wellbeing- in uk 75 % of water is used by industry, this employs people and makes money for the uk.
Water is used for farms —> food sold
What’s supply ?
What’s demand ?
Whats deficit ?
What’s surplus?
-Amount of resources available
-the amount of resources needed
-not enough supply to meet demands
-enough supply to meet demands
Food trends in HICS AND LICS … why?
-Hics are in a surplus. Higher income countries have more money to spend on importing food and the development of farming
-LICS are usually in a deficit as they lack money to spend on the development of food production and trade
Water trends in HICS AND LICS.. why?
HICS- more abundance of water due to higher income and the country has more to spend
LICS- LICS such as ghana are located inland and have limited access to ocean water and do r have the technology to make it drinkable, LICS like hot countries in Africa also lack precipitation
Who uses more energy HICS or LICS …why?
HICS- use more energy due to more developed infrastructure and additionally better quality of life ( people heat their homes)
What’s the uk population meant to rise to by 2037?
73 million
What % of food did the uk import in 2022?
46%
What’s import?
Goods being brought into a country
2 Common uk imports
Fish- Norway ,Sweden
Chocolate - Poland
Why doe the uk import lots of food?
-Climate / weather doesn’t allow uk to grow certain things
-demand for greater choice and more exotic foods
-cheaper production in LIC countries due to cheap labour
-not enough room In The uk to grow
Economic and environmental issues of exploiting energy sources?
-extracting fossil fuels is expensiv
-uk has to pay to import from other countries
-burning of fossil fuels releases c02 as a result…
-power stations and wind farms are eyesores
-accidents such as oil spills leak toxic chemicals
Why is food needed?
-they need the right balance of nutrients so they don’t get malnourished
-malnourishment can limit children’s development by causing deficiencies 1/3 of all under 5 s die from diseases such as malnourishment
Why’s clean water needed?
-cooking , drinking and washing
-without good sanitation water sources get polluted by sewage
-water is needed to produce food , clothes and other products
Why’s energy needed?
-industry , transport and use in homes
-electricity allows countries to develop industry ,creating jobs and wealth
-lifestyles in hics require a large stable supply of energy
What’s consumption of resources like in HICS?
-high because rthey can afford to buy the reasources they need and expect a higher standard of living
What’s resource consumption like in NEES?
-increasing in NEES like CHINA.
-industry is developing quickly which requires lots of energy , population and wealth is increasing rapidly
What’s consumption of reasources like in LICS
-lower in places like Uganda, they can’t afford to either - exploit available resources, or import lacking reasources
What’s there a greater demand for food wise?
High value goods- people’s incomes have increased such exotic fruits
Seasonal products- only available during the month is grows, imported to meet demand of seasonal produce all year round (strawberries Mexico)
Organic produce- people concerned for environment, strict rules
What footprint of our food is growing?
-carbon footprint
How is the carbon footprint of our food growing ?
-growing, processing and packaging of food produces c02 (2017 10% of uks greenhouse emissions came from agriculture)
-imported foods have to be transported a long way so have many food miles and therefore large carbon footprint
How has farming become more industrialised?
-farm sizes have increased
-chemicals used in food production increased, artificial fertilisers
-more machinery used , number of workers decreased by 1.1 % of worlds popularion
What’s the water supply like in the north of the uk and why?
Noth and west have high rainfall, so they’re in a surplus
What’s water suppply like in the south of England
South and midlands have high population densities so there’s a high demand for water, and a deficit
How much household water use gone up by since 1975?
70%
Whats water transfers? Issues of it?
-Transferring water from areas of surplus to areas of defecit (wales to brum)
-dams and aqueducts that are needed are expensive to build, eg the brum water project will cost £300 million
Where did the uk used to get its energy from? What’s it shifted to recently
- fossil fuels( coal , oil and gas)91% in 1970
-renewable (19% generated from here in 2014
What’s energy security?
-having a reliable, uninterrupted and affordable supply of energy
Energy surplus -
Country produces more energy than its population requires, energy surplus gives a country energy security
Energy insecurity
Less energy then required ( energy deficit)
Countries that produce lots of energy because of its large oil and gas reserves…
Uk
Russia
Countries with few energy reasources
Ireland and Sudan
