Resouces

Suryaveer Singh
PGT Geography
S D Public School, Pitampura
 What are resources?
• Everything
available in our
environment.
• Which can be used
to satisfy our
needs,
• It is
technologically
accessible,
• Economically
feasible and
• Culturally
acceptable can be
 Biotic:
What are the types
of resouces?
• Some classify resources on
the basis of their Origin into
two types.
Wheat Human
Livestock
• Biotic Resource:-
These are obtained from
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biosphere and have life such ----------
as human beings, flora and
fauna, fisheries, livestock etc.
Abiotic:

• Abiotic Resources: All

those things which are
composed of non-living things.
For example, rocks and metals. Climate
Copper

Rocks
 • Renewable:
Types on the Basis
of Exhaustibility
Renewable Resources: They
can be renewed or reproduced
by physical, chemical or
mechanical processes. For
example, solar and wind
energy, water, forests and
wildlife, etc. Water energy Wind
energy

• Non-renewable:

Non-Renewable Resources:
These resources take millions
of years in their formation.
Minerals and fossil fuels are
examples of such resources.

Coal
Petrol pump
 Individual:
On the Basis of
Ownership
Individual Resources: These My bike & house
are owned privately by
individuals. Farms owned by
farmers, house owned by your Community Owned:
parents, etc. are some of the
examples of resources ownership
by individuals.
Metro service
Community Owned Resources:
These are accessible to all the
members of the community. Village grazing grounds
Village grazing grounds, burial
grounds, village ponds, public
parks, picnic spots, etc. are for all
the people living there.
National Resources:
Technically, all the National: Every thing within
resources belong to the nation.
All the minerals, water resources, the boundary of India
forests, wildlife, land within the
political boundaries and oceanic
area upto 12 nautical miles (19.2
International: Used by any
km) from the coast (territorial country.
water) belong to the nation.
International Resources: The
oceanic resources beyond 200 km
of the Exclusive Economic Zone
belong to open ocean and no
individual country can utilise
these without the concurrence of
On the Basis of the Potential:
Status of
Development
Potential Resources:
Resources which are found in a
region, but have not been Strong winds in Gujarat Abundant
utilised. Sunshine in Rajasthan

Developed Resources: Developed:

Resources which are presently
utilised after their survey.

Stock: Materials in the

environment which can be
used but we do not have the
appropriate technology to use Wind Farms in Gujarat Solar energy
Plants in Rajasthan
these. Reserves are the subset
of the stock. They can be put
into use with the help of
existing technical ‘know-how’
Stock:
but their use has not been
started. These can be used for
meeting future requirements.
Model of Hydrogen Fuel Cell
In the next slide we will discuss the issues related to
development , planning and conservation of resources.

RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT, IT’S
PLANNING &
CONSERVATION.