Class 10th Geography - Resource and Development

Introduction

• Study with visuals and animations
• Things available in nature: water, forests, oil, air, animals
• Natural things that fulfill human needs
• Three major conditions: useful, profitable, harmless

Classification of Resources

• Types
  1. Origin: Biotic (plants, animals) and abiotic (metals, water)
  2. Reusability: Renewable (solar, wind energy) and non-renewable (petroleum, natural gas)
  3. Ownership: Individual, community, national, international
  4. Development stage: Potential, developed, stock resources

Resource Use and Management

• Problems due to indiscriminate use: uneven development, wealth gap, environmental damage
• Sustainable development: using resources in a way that future generations are not affected
• Awareness: 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit

Resource Planning

• Process: identification, inventory, planning
• Unequal distribution of resources in India and its challenges
• Gandhi's statement: 'Earth has enough to satisfy everyone’s needs, but not anyone’s greed'

Land Resources

• Types of land use: barren, residential, arable land
• Land distribution status in India
• Forestry area: need for a minimum of 33%, current 23.3%
• Causes and conservation of land degradation
  • Causes: deforestation, over-irrigation, mining, industrialization
  • Conservation measures: controlled deforestation, reforestation, water conservation techniques, mining control, industrial waste management