Resources and Development

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Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable can be termed as 'Resource'.

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Resources are classified as: 1) Biotic Resources - derived from living organisms (forests, animals, fisheries, livestock, human beings). 2) Abiotic Resources - derived from non-living things (rocks, m

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Sustainable development means 'development should take place without damaging the environment, and development in the present should not compromise with the needs of future generations.' It is importa

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The Rio Earth Summit (1992) brought together over 100 heads of states in Brazil. Key outcomes: 1) Declaration on Global Climatic Change and Biological Diversity was signed. 2) Rio Convention endorsed

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Resource planning in India involves: 1) Identification and inventory of resources - surveying, mapping, and measuring resources across regions. 2) Evolving planning structure - developing appropriate

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Gandhi emphasized that Earth has sufficient resources to meet everyone's basic needs, but not enough to satisfy unlimited wants driven by greed. He identified greedy individuals and exploitative moder

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India's land relief: 43% plains (agriculture and industry), 30% mountains (perennial rivers, tourism, ecology), 27% plateaus (minerals, fossil fuels, forests). Plains provide maximum utility for human

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Land utilization categories: 1) Forests 2) Land not available for cultivation (barren/waste land, non-agricultural uses) 3) Other uncultivated land (pastures, tree crops, culturable waste) 4) Fallow l