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Anjali Kaur
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Jun 18, 2021
Resources and Development (Part-5)
Under Resources and Development (Part-5), we will start with conservation of resources, land resources, land utilization. But first, make sure you have revised all 4 parts on this topics:
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Also, start making notes and revise them over and over again!
Conservation of Resources
Gandhiji was very correct in raising his concern about resource conservation in these words: “There is enough for everybody’s need and not for anybody’s greed”. He blamed:
- Greedy and Selfish individual
- Exploitative nature (over or misuse) of modern technology
- Mass production
As the main reason for resource depletion at the global level.
Gandhiji wanted production by masses to avoid wastage.
Time lines under Resource Conservation
| Year | Place and Book |
|---|---|
| 1968 | The Club of Rome talked about a systematic way to save resources. |
| 1974 | Gandhian philosophy presented by Schumacher in his book “Small is Beautiful” |
| 1987 | The Brundtland Commission Report introduced ‘Sustainable Development. It was published in the book “Our Common Future”. |
| 1992 | Earth Summit at Rio De Janeiro, in Brazil. |
Land Resources
Land resources is a natural resource. It supports:
- Natural vegetation.
- Wildlife.
- Human Life.
- Economic activities.
- Transport and Communication system.
How to remember this? Use Code “WENTH’ (just like a tenth)
W – WILDLIFE
E – ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
N- NATURAL VEGETATION
T- TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
H- HUMAN LIFE
Land distribution
The land is not unlimited on earth, it is finite, i.e, countable. Let’s look at its distribution:
In short,
- Plains = 43% which helps Agriculture + Industry
- Mountains = 30% which helps in a continuous flow of rivers + Tourism
- Plateau = 27% which supports mineral reserves + fossil fuels + forests
- Island = 0%
Land Utilisation
Take a look at the below tabular presentation:
How to memorise land utilzation? Use code “FFUNN”
1. F – Forest
2. F- Fallow land; it includes current fallow(0-1 agricultural year not cultivated) and other than current fallow (1-5 agricultural year not cultivated)
3. U- Uncultivated Land (excluding fallow land); Permanent grazing pastures + Tree crops groves + Uncultivated for > 5 agricultural years.
4. N- Not available for cultivation; includes Barren & wasteland and land for buildings, roads, etc.
5. N – Net Sown Area; Area sown for > 1 agricultural year + NSA = Gross cropped area (GCA).
Thank You So much for reading the above content.
This is the fifth post on Resources and development. I am going to produce more such blog posts.
Feel free to join my Facebook group made for Social Studies and you can also subscribe to my website to receive a monthly mail on all the collated posts. Also, subscribe to my YouTube channel to get video explanations of the topics.
Take a look at the previous blog posts on resources and development.
- Resources and Development (Part-1)
- Resources and Development (Part-2)
- Resources and Development (Part-3)
- Resources and Development (Part-4)
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