Geographica

  Anything that can be used to satisfy a need or has value can be called a resource. Water, electricity, rickshaw, vegetable and textbook all have utility and hence are considered as resources. All the resources have value or worth. Some resources have economic value, some do not. Some may become valuable only over a period of time. For example, your grandmom’s home remedies may not have commercial value at present but if they are patented and sold, they could also become economically valuable. Meanwhile, the two factors that change substances to resources include time and technology. CLASSIFICATION OF RESOURCES On the basis of Occurance ressources are   (a) Natural  (b) Human (c) Human Made resources. NATURAL RESOURCES Resources that we find in nature and are used without much modification are called "Natural Resources". For e.g.  Air, Water, Soil, Sunlight, Minerals, Flora & Fauna, etc. All these are free gifts of nature and can be used directly.   Cl...

 T opics to cover: 1.Resources. 2. Interdependent relationship between Nature, Technology and Institution. 3. Classification of Resources. 4.  Resources  Development with  Sustainable Development. 5. Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, 1992 and Agenda 21. 6. Resource Planning in India- Stages 7. Conservation of Resources. 8. Land as A Resource : Land Utilization ,Land use pattern in India, Land Degradation, Conservation Measures. 9. Soil as a Resource: Classification of Soil , Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation. 10. Land Reclamation   Interdependent relationship between Nature, Technology and Institution.       Resource : 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". Classification of Resources:   1.  On the basis of Origin of Resources:  (a) Biotic   (b) Abiotic...