This document defines and categorizes different types of resources. It discusses resources as materials that produce benefits for humans and living organisms. Resources are categorized based on their origin (biotic like plants and animals, abiotic like land and water), renewability (renewable sources can replenish naturally, non-renewable cannot), ownership (individual, community, national, international), development status (potential, developed, stock, reserves), and exhaustibility (renewable or non-renewable). Sustainable development aims to meet present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs by avoiding exhaustion of finite natural resources.

2. •A resource is a source or supply from
which benefit is produced. Typically resources
are materials, money, services, staff, or other
assets that produce benefit.
•From a human perspective a natural
resource is anything obtained from
the environment to satisfy human needs and
wants.
•From a broader biological or ecological
perspective a resource satisfies the needs of a
living organism.
•Resources have three main
characteristics: utility, limit, availability, and

4. Resources
Natural
Renewable
Continuous or
flow e.g. Wind,
water
Biological
Natural
vegetation
Wildlife
Non-
Renewable
Recyclable
eg.metals
Non recyclables
e.g.. Fossil fuels
Human
Structures
and
Institution
Quantity &
Quality

6. On the basis
of origin
Biotic
Abiotic

7. •Biotic – Biotic resources are obtained from the biosphere (living and organic
material), such as forests and animals, and the materials that can be obtained from them.
Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum are also included in this category because they
are formed from decayed organic matter.
•Abiotic – Abiotic resources are those that come from non-living, non-organic material.
Examples of abiotic resources include land, fresh water, air and heavy metals including
ores such as gold, iron, copper, silver, etc.

8. On the basis of
exhaustibility
Renewable
resources
Non-renewable
resources

9. •Renewable resources
are ones that can be
replenished naturally.
•Some of these
resources, like sunlight,
air, wind, etc., are
continuously available
and their quantity is not
noticeably affected by
human consumption.
•Resources from a

10. •A natural resource such as
coal, gas, or oil that, once
consumed, cannot be
replaced.
•Most energy resources
currently in use are non-
renewable.
•A non-renewable resource
is made up of mostly dead
animal skin. The skin then
turns into a resource such
as oil.

11. On the basis of
ownership
Individual
resources
Community
owned
resources
National
resources
International
resources

12. INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES-Individual resources are those
resources which are owned by an individual and can 't be accessed by
someone else. These are also referred as private resource. These are
indicators of a capitalist country and its influence. E.g.. Land , property,
houses, cars etc.
COMMUNITY OWNED RESOURCES-Community resources
are a group of assistance programs that are provided to the members
of a community for free. Each resource is made available to community
members to help them become self-reliant and maintain their human
rights and well being. E.g.. Public parks, village commons etc.

13. -All the resources
belong to the nation. The country has legal
powers to acquire even private property for
public good. Urban Development Authorities
get empowered by the government to
acquire land. E.g. All the minerals, water
resources, forests, wildlife, land within the
political boundaries are resources which
belong to the nation.
-All the
resources lying beyond 200 kms of
Exclusive Economic Zone in the oceans are
called International Resources. No individual
country can use it without the permission of
International agencies.

15. On the basis of
the status of the
development
Potential
resource
Developed
resource
Stock
Reserves

16. Potential Resources- These are known to exist
and may be used in the future. For example, petroleum
may exist in many parts of India and Kuwait that have
sedimentary rocks, but until the time it is actually drilled
out and put into use, it remains a potential resource.
Developed Resources-Developed resources are
those that have been surveyed, their quantity and quality
determined and are being used in present times. The
development of an actual resource, such as wood
processing depends upon the technology available and the
cost involved

17. Stock Resources – Stock resources are those that have
been surveyed but cannot be used by organisms due to lack of
technology. For example: water is a compound of 2 inflammable
gases: hydrogen and oxygen, which can be used as a rich source of
energy. But we do not have the required technical know-how to
use them for this purpose. Hence it can be considered as stock.
Reserve Resources – The part of an actual resource
which can be developed profitably in the future is called a reserve
resource. The water in dams, forests etc. is a reserve which can be
used in future.

19. •With increasing population, the demand for resources is increasing.
•There are marked differences in resource distribution and
associated economic inequality between regions or countries, with
developed countries using more natural resources than developing
countries.
•Typically resources cannot be consumed in their original form, but
rather through resource development they must be processed into
more usable commodities.

20. •SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT is
development that meets the
needs of the present without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their own needs.
•Sustainable development
constantly seeks to achieve
social and economic
progress in ways that will
not exhaust the earth’s
finite natural resources.
•The needs of the world

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