Resources

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Resources

• 3 types
• Natural Resources
• Capital Resources
• Human Resources

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Natural Resources

• Materials that can be found in nature and
  exploited to make a profit.
• Example
• Soil crops
• Water food and energy

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• Renewable Resources
• Can replace itself within in 50
• Years Ex. Corn, trees, grass
• Non-Renewable Resources Cannot replenish in
  50 years (it might still be able to
  replace itself)
• Ex. Oil

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Capital Resources

• Resources a society uses to further the creation
  of wealth
• A country can be rich in natural resources but
  lack in capital resources
• Money
• Machinery
• Factories

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Human Resources

• When there are enough people to form both a pool
  of labour and domestic market for the goods and
  services the country produces
• They must have a good level of health so they can
  work and raise families
• They must also be given the opportunity for
  education and training to become productive

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• Water resources are sources of water that are
  useful or potentially useful to humans.
• Renewable or Non-renewable?

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Water Potential
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Uses of water

• Agricultural Household
• Industrial Environmental activities
• Recreational Bottled water

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Statistics

• 97 of water on the Earth is salt water
• 3 as fresh water (over two thirds is frozen in
  glaciers and polar ice caps.)
• The remaining unfrozen freshwater is mainly found
  as groundwater, with only a small fraction
  present above ground or in the air

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Sources of fresh water

• Surface water
• Under river flow
• Ground water
• Desalination
• Frozen water

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Who has access?
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