This presentation includes all sub topics of RESOURCES Introduction Resources and Value Factors responsible for changing substances into resources Types of Resources : 1. Natural Resources 2. Human made Resources 3. Human Resources Conserving Resources Sustainable Development

1. GEOGRAPHY
1. Resources
Made by : Shefali Talekar

2. Introduction
• We are able to use different items such as
utensils, electricity, clothes, furniture, etc since
they have different usability.
• When any object or thing takes the form of a
usable resource, it becomes Usability or Utility.
• Use of an object represents its value. Every
resource is valuable in its own sense.

3. Resource and value
• The meaning of ‘Value’ is worth.
• The importance of a resource lies on its
economic value.
• For example, metals may have higher economic
value than that of landscapes. Both of these
examples of resources are capable of satisfying
the needs of human beings.

4. • The economic value of some resources changes with
time.
• For example, the herbs that our grandmothers
suggested for certain illnesses may have no
commercial value in today’s time. However, if you get
these remedies and herbs patented and sell it with the
help of a medical firm, the economic value of those
remedies and herbs would increase directly.

6. • There are two factors that are responsible for changing
substances into resources. These are time and
technology. Both are important for completing the
needs of people.
• Even we ‘People’ are an important resource.
• The creation of new resources have taken place only
because of ideas, discoveries, knowledge and inventions
carried on by people of different niches.
• Every discovery and invention has led to several newer
ones as well.

7. • Once fire was discovered, it led to people learning to cook
as well.
• Similarly, as the wheel was discovered, different modes of
transport were discovered.
• As the creation of hydroelectricity with the help of
technology was introduced, the fast flowing water has
been identified as an important resource.

8. Types of Resources

9. Natural Resources
• Those resources which you can easily draw from nature and
can use them directly without any further modification are
known as Natural Resources.
• The water found in lakes and rivers, the air around us used
for breathing, minerals of different types, soils – all these
are examples of the natural resources that are present
around us.
• We use all such resources directly. These are also free gifts
from nature.

12. Renewable Natural Resources
• Those resources which are capable of getting
replenished or renewed quickly are known as
renewable resources.
• Wind and solar energy are examples of such
resources.
• Few of such resources are present in unlimited
amounts and any human activity can have no severe
impact on such resources

13. • If you continue to use renewable sources such as soil,
water or forest in a careless manner, their stock would be
affected in a severe manner.
• Although water is considered as a resource which is
available in unlimited amounts, however, since they are
drying up in higher amounts and shortage of water has
resulted in many regions across the world facing several
water related issues.

14. Non-Renewable Natural Resources
• Those resources whose stock is available in limited
amounts in different parts of the world are non-renewable
resources.
• If any of these resources get exhausted, it will take
thousands of years for them to get replenished or renewed
again.
• The examples of such resources are petroleum, coal and
natural gases.

15. • How these two natural resources are distributed
depends on several physical factors such as altitude,
terrain and climate.
• These natural resources have unequal distribution
because our earth consists of physical factors of
different types.

16. Human Made Resources
• Sometimes different natural resources take the form of a
resource only when their original form is changed by
humans.
• Earlier people didn’t consider Iron Ore a resource until they
learnt the method of extracting iron from this Ore.
• Natural resources are useful in constructing various things
such as vehicles, roads, bridges, buildings and machinery
which are considered Human-made resources.
• Technology is another important example of human made
resources.

18. Human Resources
• As people gain skills, knowledge and
technical advancements they start making
good use of nature so that more resources
could be created.
• This is the reason why humans are also
considered as a significant resource.
• With the help of Education and health,
people are transformed into valuable
resources.

19. • The improvement of different skills in order to create
more resources is known as Human Resource
Development.

20. Conserving Resources
• Using natural resources carefully and giving them
time so that they get replenished or renewed is
called resource conservation.
• Conserving the resources for future usage and
balancing their need at the same time is known as
Sustainable Development.

21. • Resources can be conserved in different ways.
• A person can contribute by reducing, recycling and
reusing the goods.

22. • The future of our mother earth and its habitants
depends on our ability to maintain it. It is the duty
of every person to ensure that:
 Renewable resources are used in a sustainable
manner.
 Diversity of life on the earth is conserved.
 Damage to the natural environment system is
minimal.

23. • Here are some easy ways of conserving
resources-
1. Make shopping bags with old newspapers,
discarded clothes
2. Make baskets with bamboo sticks
3. Switch off electricity when not in use
4. Prevent wastage of water by checking
leakages and closing taps when not in use.
5. Reuse water for washing and watering
plants.

25. • Here are some Principles of Sustainable
Development Respect and care for all forms of life
 Improve the quality of human life
 Conserve the earth’s vitality and diversity
 Minimise the depletion of natural resources
 Change personal attitude and practices towards the
environment
 Enable communities to care for their own environment.