Economic Geography: Subject Matter and Resource

Flashcards covering definitions, classifications, and conservation strategies in economic geography based on the lecture transcript.

Economic Geography

A branch of Human Geography that studies human activities related to the production, distribution, consumption, and exchange of resources in spatial and temporal contexts.

George Chisholm

Considered the father of modern economic geography, he defined its main objective as determining the economic development trend and direction of a place.

Primary Occupation

Human activities involving the direct collection of resources from nature, such as agriculture, fishing, and mineral resource collection.

Secondary Occupation

Activities where materials collected from nature are transformed into usable forms through technology, including manufacturing and construction.

Tertiary Occupation

Activities that facilitate the distribution of products from primary and secondary sectors to consumers, such as transport, marketing, and tourism.

Quaternary Occupation

Human activities that make secondary and tertiary sectors more productive, including banking, administration, education, and research.

Resource

Materials essential for human living that possess the properties of functionality and utility to bring about human welfare.

Zimmermann

The economist who stated that for a material to be a resource, it must have two specific properties: functionality and utility.

Man-made Resource

Resources produced by human efforts, such as technology, infrastructure, industries, and vehicles.

Human Resource

The role of population as a creator of resources, where development is driven by human skill, education, technology, and desire.

Neutral Stuff

Materials found on Earth that are currently neither useful nor harmful to humans, such as coal before its power generation use was discovered.

Resistance

Materials or environmental phenomena that are harmful to man, such as infertile soil or flood-affected regions.

Wealth

Economic materials that have exchange value, market price, limited supply, and can be transferred through value.

Biotic Resource

Resources categorized by having life, such as plants, animals, fishes, and crops.

Abiotic Resource

Resources characterized as non-living, such as soil, rock, water, air, and minerals.

Renewable Resource

Inexhaustible resources that can regenerate after use, such as sunshine, air, water, and animal species.

Non-Renewable Resource

Exhaustible resources that cannot be regenerated after use, including coal, natural gas, and minerals like copper or gold.

Ubiquitous Resource

Natural resources found everywhere on the earth's surface, such as sunshine, air, and water.

Localized Resource

Natural resources found only in specifically selected places, such as petroleum, uranium, or iron ore.

Conservation of Resources

The concept of complete utilization of resources without destruction or misuse to ensure long-term benefits.

IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, an organization formed in $1948$ to research and protect global biodiversity and natural resources.

Julian Huxley

The British Biologist and founder Director General of UNESCO who initiated the formation of the IUCN.

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

An autonomous institute formed in $1986$ under the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

World Environment Day

Global awareness day celebrated annually on $5^{th}$ June as per the appeal of the United Nations Organization.

Recycling

A conservation method where usable disposal garbage, such as old plastic or paper, is reused to reduce raw material demand.