RESOURCES AND

DEVELOPMENT
 RESOURCES ON THE BASIS OF ORIGIN

• Obtained from • All the things

Biosphere and have which are composed
Life of non-living things
• Examples- Flora, • Examples- Rocks,
Fauna, Fisheries, Metals
Livestock,
Human Beings

BIOTIC ABIOTIC
 RESOURCES-EXHAUSTIBILITY
NON-
RENEWABLE
RENEWABLE
These resources can be
renewed/recycled.
For example These resources cannot
Solar and Water Energy, be renewed as they
Forests etc. take million years to
form.

Continuous- For Example

Water and Wind Minerals, Fossil Fuels.

Flow-Natural
Vegetation and
Wildlife
RESOURCES ON THE BASIS OF OWNERSHIP

COMMUNITY NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL

INDIVIDUAL
The
The
The resources
The resources
resources belonging to
resources which
which are international
which are belongs to
accessible to institutions.
owned the
all members • Example-
privately by government.
of the Oceanic
individuals. • Example-
society. resources
• Example- Roads,
• Example- beyond 200
Mobiles, Oceanic area
Public Parks, nautical
Land up to
Playgrounds. miles of the
19.2km.
EEZ.
 RESOURCES-STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT

Resources which are found in an region, but not have been utilized.
Potential Eg- Rajasthan and Gujarat have potential of solar and wind energy but not been used for.

Resources which are surveyed and their quality and quantity is determined for
utilization .
Developed
The development of resources depends on technology and level of their
feasibility.

The resources which have potential to satisfy human needs but there is no
technology to use are included among stock.
Stock
Like Water is a compound of Hydrogen and Oxygen which can be used as rich
source of energy but there is technology to use it.

They are subset of stock which can be use with existing technology but are
Reserves conserved for the future generations.
Like river water is used to a limited consent for generating electricity so that it
can be used in future.
 DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES

Ecological
Problem

Unequal Scarcity of
Distribution resources

Development of
Resources
Essential for
future as
resources are Depletion
Exploitation limited in of
supply resources
 RESOURCE PLANNING IN INDIA

A complex process involving three processes

(i) Identification and inventory of resources.

(ii) Evolving a planning structure

(iii) Matching the resource development plan with

national development plans.

Five year plans launched after independence.

Availability of resources necessary for the development of any

region.
Rich resources in the colony, the main attraction for invaders.

Indian resource development depends on

Technology
Quality of human resource
Historical experiences of the people.

Conservation of resources

Vital for development of any country

Irrational consumption and over utilization lead to socio-

economic and environmental problems.
 Land Resources

A natural resource of utmost importance

Supports natural vegetation, wildlife, human life, economic

activities, transport and communication systems.

Relief features of land

Plains- Covering
43% of area Possesses rich reserves
Plateaus- Covering of minerals, fossil fuels
27% of area and forests
Mountains –
Covering 43% of
 Land use pattern in India

Determined by both

Physical factors Human factors

Topography Culture and traditions

Climate Population density

Technological
Soil types capability
 Land use data is available for only 93%.

Land is of Net Sown

poor quality Cultivated Area(NSA)
or cost of once or twice comes to
cultivation is a year 54%
very high

Pattern varies from one state to another

10% in Arunachal Pradesh,

80% in Punjab and
Mizoram, Manipur and
Haryana Andaman and Nicobar
 Land Degradation

Human activities resulted in degradation of land

Degraded land – 130 million hectares

Forest degraded- 28%
Water eroded- 56%
Rest by saline and alkaline deposits

Overgrazing
Mining sites Mineral
and over
are processing
irrigation
abandoned for cement
lead to
industry
alkalinity