Unit -2 Natural Resources
and
Sustainable Development
, Natural Resources
• Natural resources are all those useful raw materials we get from the earth.
• Natural resources are the resources the living organism utilizes for
survival and welfare directly from the natural environment.
• These are basically resources gifted by nature to us like sunlight, air,
water, plants and animals, soil, and minerals.
• Natural resources are divided into two types:
,
, On the basis of development and use, we can divide natural resources
into:
(A) Actual resources and (B) Potential resources
(A) Actual resources: those resources whose quantity (amount of reserves)
is known and which are currently being used.
The coal deposits of Ruhr, Westphalia in Germany, Damodar Valley
coalfields in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha (India), oil in
the Middle- East, iron ore in the Krivoy Rog in Ukraine,
-The quantity of these reserves is known (estimated) and these are being used
at present.
(B) Potential resources: are those resources whose entire quantity is not
known or which have not been utilized up to optimum level due to the
unavailability of appropriate technology.
-However, these resources have the potential
and
Sustainable Development
, Natural Resources
• Natural resources are all those useful raw materials we get from the earth.
• Natural resources are the resources the living organism utilizes for
survival and welfare directly from the natural environment.
• These are basically resources gifted by nature to us like sunlight, air,
water, plants and animals, soil, and minerals.
• Natural resources are divided into two types:
,
, On the basis of development and use, we can divide natural resources
into:
(A) Actual resources and (B) Potential resources
(A) Actual resources: those resources whose quantity (amount of reserves)
is known and which are currently being used.
The coal deposits of Ruhr, Westphalia in Germany, Damodar Valley
coalfields in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha (India), oil in
the Middle- East, iron ore in the Krivoy Rog in Ukraine,
-The quantity of these reserves is known (estimated) and these are being used
at present.
(B) Potential resources: are those resources whose entire quantity is not
known or which have not been utilized up to optimum level due to the
unavailability of appropriate technology.
-However, these resources have the potential
