Resource use and Sustainability

Module 7
Resource use and
sustainability
Created by Mr K Whitlock
2020

, ECO ENVIRONMENT
• Unit 1: Resource use
• Unit 2: Sustainable use of resources
• Unit 3: Food resources

, Unit 1: Resource use
• Resources have many meanings, but in geography it refers to natural
resources
 Includes Minerals, soil, forests, fish, stocks wildlife and specific areas of beauty
• Simple understanding of how resource use affects development

Level of Efficient Available
Development resource use Resources

• Uses of Natural resources
 No two resources are identical, making them all important
 Certain resources can be used to create energy, sunshine is converted
into solar energy
 Sunshine is a free resource as we can use an infinite amount
 The other side things are also limited to a certain amount
 Coal and wood is an example of these limited resources