Shubham Pathak
10TH GRADE
SOCIAL STUDIES
By Shubham Pathak
RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Notes
WHAT IS A RESOURCE?
● Everything in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs and is
technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable is
termed as ‘Resource’.
● Human beings themselves are essential components of resources. They
transform things available in the environment into resources and use them.
Types of Resources:
1. On the basis of origin:
- Biotic resources: Obtained from the biosphere and have life such as human
beings, flora and fauna, etc.
- Abiotic resources: Non-living things. For example, rocks and metals.
2. On the basis of exhaustibility:
- Renewable resources: Resources that can be renewed or reproduced by
physical, chemical or mechanical processes. For example, solar and wind
energy, water, etc.
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- Non-renewable resources: Occur over a very long geological time. For
example, minerals and fossil fuels. These resources take millions of years in
their formation. Recyclable- Metals; Non-recyclable- Fossil fuels get exhausted
with their use.
3. On the basis of ownership:
- Individual resources: Owned privately by individuals.
Example: Ponds, Pasture lands, plantation, etc.
Farmers own land allotted by the government against the payment of revenue.
Urban people own plots, houses, ponds, and other properties.
- Community-Owned resources: These resources are accessible to all the
members of the community.
Example: Grazing grounds, burial grounds, public parks, etc.
- National-resources: These resources are under the control of the
nation/country. A country has legal powers to acquire even private property
for the public good.
Example: Roads, canals, railways, etc.
- International resources: Owned & regulated by international institutions.
The oceanic resources beyond 200 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) belong to open ocean.
No individual country can utilise these without the concurrence of international
institutions.
Example: Oceanic resource, space, etc.
4. On the basis of the status of development:
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10TH GRADE
SOCIAL STUDIES
By Shubham Pathak
RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Notes
WHAT IS A RESOURCE?
● Everything in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs and is
technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable is
termed as ‘Resource’.
● Human beings themselves are essential components of resources. They
transform things available in the environment into resources and use them.
Types of Resources:
1. On the basis of origin:
- Biotic resources: Obtained from the biosphere and have life such as human
beings, flora and fauna, etc.
- Abiotic resources: Non-living things. For example, rocks and metals.
2. On the basis of exhaustibility:
- Renewable resources: Resources that can be renewed or reproduced by
physical, chemical or mechanical processes. For example, solar and wind
energy, water, etc.
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- Non-renewable resources: Occur over a very long geological time. For
example, minerals and fossil fuels. These resources take millions of years in
their formation. Recyclable- Metals; Non-recyclable- Fossil fuels get exhausted
with their use.
3. On the basis of ownership:
- Individual resources: Owned privately by individuals.
Example: Ponds, Pasture lands, plantation, etc.
Farmers own land allotted by the government against the payment of revenue.
Urban people own plots, houses, ponds, and other properties.
- Community-Owned resources: These resources are accessible to all the
members of the community.
Example: Grazing grounds, burial grounds, public parks, etc.
- National-resources: These resources are under the control of the
nation/country. A country has legal powers to acquire even private property
for the public good.
Example: Roads, canals, railways, etc.
- International resources: Owned & regulated by international institutions.
The oceanic resources beyond 200 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) belong to open ocean.
No individual country can utilise these without the concurrence of international
institutions.
Example: Oceanic resource, space, etc.
4. On the basis of the status of development:
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