sub-watersheds‚ is heavily dependent on its natural resource base. The subject of water interests everyone. Water meets human needs in a number of ways. In Nepal the bulk of the water‚ tapped from rivers‚ groundwater‚ natural lakes and springs‚ is utilized for irrigation purposes. Owing to the rapid growth of population‚ insufficient agricultural production‚ low off-farm sector production and concomitant developmental changes‚ the natural resources particularly public lands and forest lands are
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Natural resources are the building blocks on which modern society depends. Knowledge of their physical nature and origins‚ and the web they weave between all aspects of human society and the physical earth can lay the foundation for a sustainable society. We agree with the above statement because natural resources are important‚ as human beings would not exist without them. We use natural resources in everything we do. Therefore we should use our resources with minimal wastage and even ensure
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of the environment for natural resources. The Industrial Revolution caused imperialism which was regions being colonized for their natural resources. This was one of the causes of the World Wars‚ which was the war of attrition – the fight for natural resources. The wars caused a lot of pollution and the war also caused a lot of natural resources to be used to fight it. But in the modern day there are many “green” projects that we used in order to preserve our natural resources and save the environment
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geography across the world‚ and the links between them. Geography provides an ideal framework for relating other fields of knowledge. It is not surprising that those trained as geographers often contribute substantially to the applied management of resources and environments. Geography is in the broadest sense‚ an education for life and for living. Learning through geography whether gained through formal learning or experientially through travel‚ fieldwork and expeditions. It helps us all to be
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along with labor and capital are considered as one of the factors of production. Land is often regarded as the original factor of production because it is found in nature and therefore not produces and cannot be derived from anything else. As a natural good‚ land was considered the source of wealth thus agriculture was the only sector that could increase it. Thus follows a theory of production from the middle age‚ wherein production is understood as an increase of matter‚ which is only achievable
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Did you know that the United States alone has used ⅓ of the world’s resources? We are overusing natural resources and action needs to be taken to address this problem that is becoming more life-threatening over time. Overpopulation is a crucial factor in this problem. Natural resources are provided by the environment; they support life and satisfy everyone’s needs‚ but not the environment itself. The way that resources are retrieved and used is unacceptable and very harmful to our environment; the
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CLASS X CBSE-i UNIT-2 Economics Sustainable Development and Planning Concepts Students’ Manual Shiksha Kendra‚ 2‚ Community Centre‚ Preet Vihar‚Delhi-110 092 India CBSE-i Unit - 2 Sustainable Development and Planning Concepts Unit - 2 Sustainable Development and Planning Concepts CBSE-i CBSE-i CLASS X UNIT-2 Economics Sustainable Development and Planning Concepts Students’ Manual Shiksha Kendra‚ 2‚ Community Centre‚ Preet Vihar‚Delhi-110 092
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1) How can the presence or absence of natural resources and arable land affect a nation’s economy‚ regardless of the type of economic system? Natural resource can either make or break a country. If it is a country that doesn’t have many foreign friends it will be hard for them to get the needed resources to survive and they would be missing a lot of capital. 2) How can life expectancy and literacy rates affect the quality of labor in the economy? The long people live and the more they know the
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others‚ that: * * * environmental concerns are integrated into major economic decision- making process; environmental remediation costs are built into major development projects; economic instruments are employed in the management of natural resources; environmentally friendly technologies are applied; Environmental Impact Assessment is mandatorily carried out before any major development project is embarked on. This policy‚ in order to succeed must be built on the following sustainable
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basic needs. In actual fact there is less water‚ less fertile soil‚ less genetic wealth as a result of the development process. Since these natural resources are the basis of nature’s economy‚ and women’s survival economy‚ their scarcity is impoverishing women and marginalized people in an unprecedented manner. Their new impoverishment lies in the fact that resources which supported their survival were absorbed into the market economy while they themselves were excluded and displaced by it” Shiva (1988
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