Geography - ressource management

Economic well being

a person or family’s standard of living based in how well they are doing financially

Resources

a supply/stock of something that have a value or purpose.

Social well being

a person’s relationships with others and their sense of belonging.

Resources examples

Food, water, energy

Global inequalities in resources are caused by?

Differences in weather, natural reserves of minerals, frequency of natural disasters, level of development, level of technology, population, trading agreements and conflict

Area of the UK with a water deficit

South East

Water transfer

Moving water from an area with a surplus to an area with a deficit

Causes of water pollution

Pesticides, fertilisers, untreated waste, runoff from roads, rubbish, oil from ships, sewage

Effects of water pollution

Poison wildlife. Increase water temperature, eutrophication, kill ecosystems, industries that rely on water suffer

How is water pollution managed

Legislation, education campaigns, water treatment, pollution traps

Energy mix

The mix of different sources of energy that are used

Renewable energy

Energy that will not run out, as it is being created at the same rate that it is being used

Fracking

Drilling into rock and pumping water down to extract gas and oil from shale rock

Food miles

The distance an item of food has had to travel from producer to consumer

Carbon footprint

the measure of the impact that human activity has on the environment is terms of CO2 emissions

Agribusiness

Intensive farming aimed at maximising the amount of food produced

Food security

Having access to enough food that is safe, affordable and nutritious to have a healthy life

Food insecurity

Being without reliable access to enough affordable and nutritious food for a healthy life.

Food surplus

Producing more food than is needed

Food deficit

Not producing enough food to feed their population, so have to import food

Factors that affect food supply

Climate, pests and diseases, water supply, poverty, conflict, technology

Famine

A widespread shortage of food often causing malnutrition, starvation and death

Undernutrition

The lack of a balanced diet and deficiency in minerals and vitamins

Impacts of food insecurity

Famine and undernutrition, rising food prices, soil erosion, conflict and social unrest and water shortages

Strategies to increase food supply

Aeroponics, hydroponics, biotechnology, appropriate technology, irrigation, the new green revolution

Aeroponics

Growing plants in air not soil

Hydroponics

Growing plants in water not soil