2.3.1 Recourse Management Flashcards
How is food significant for our wellbeing?
The calories in food are needed for our bodies to work
How is water significant for our wellbeing? (4p)
-Agriculture
- Drinking
-wash
-dispose of waste
What percentage of water is used for drinking?
4%
What percentage of water is used for domestic uses?
21.7%
What percentage of water is used for agriculture?
2.9%
What percentage of water is used for industry?
Almost over 75%
Uses of energy(4p)
Heating
Transporting
Processing food
Powering machinery
Sources of energy(3p)
Fossil fuels
Renewable
Nucleus
What is the main problem facing essential recourses?
Population growth
Why is the demand for essential recourses growing? (3p)
Economic development
Population growth
Changing technology and employment
What percentage of energy do the richest 1 billion consume?
50?
What percentage of energy do the poorest 1 billion people consume?
4%
Economic water scarcity
When a country has the water but not enough the money eg.Sudan
Physical water scarcity
When they don’t have much water due to the physical climatic conditions eg.Saudia Arabia
The global average water footprint
1240 litres per person
Why is the global inequalities in the consumption and distribution of water?
The global supply of freshwater is limited and unequally distributed
Global inequalities
Uneven distribution of recourses even though there are enough
Population growth (cause of demand for recourses)
With more people, the demand for food, water, and energy will increase
Economic development (cause for demand in recourses) (2p)
- As LICs and NEE develop industrially, their demand for recourses has increased to
-Development means more water is required for food production as diets improve
Changing technology and employment (cause for demand in recourses)
The demand for recourses have driven the need for new technology to reach or gain more recourses
Order of water uses from biggest to smallest (4p)
Industry
domestic
drinking
Agriculture
