4. Land : A Scarce Resource
•Scarce : Rare and hard to find.
•Land refers to the surface of
the Earth (except Oceans)
•Makes up 30% of surface of
the Earth.
•10% is habitable
5. Land Land Land
•Current Global Population = 7 billion
humans.
•Limited supply of land mixed with
unlimited demand for land.
6. 3 Common uses for land
1.Residential
2.Industrial
3.Agricultural
7. Reasons for the Rising Demand for Land
•Increase in Global Population
•Increase in Urbanisation
8. Increase in Global Population
•In the 1960s, global population was at
3 billion.
•By 2008 the number stood at 6.6
billion.
•Currently global population is at 7
billion.
•The size of the Earth has not grown.
9. Increased Urbanisation
• Increase in the percentage of urban
centres.
• Increase in the percentage of people living
in urban centres.
• Megalopolises (supercities) are formed
• New York – Boston – Tokyo – Manila
• Urban Centres need more land to build
residential, industrial and commercial
purposes.
10. More of one, Less of the other
•Useable land is fixed
•More used for one function means
less for another.
•The same piece of land can only
either be used for residential /
agricultural / commercial /
industrial, rarely for combinations.
12. Mind-mapping time
(Land) (Residential)
(Agricultural) (Commercial)
(Industrial) (Transport)
(Increase in population) (Increase
Urbanisation) (Competition for different
land use)
(Reasons for the rising demand for land)
(Land constraint)
13. Let’s do a simple revision exercise
•Take 8-10 minutes to complete the
revision exercise.
•Sieve through your notes, locate
the suitable answers.
•Mini Test in week 6 (units 11-13)