Resources and Development
Part 1 — what makes something a resource, how resources are classified, why India must plan their use, and how we use and misuse our land.
In this lesson you will
- Classify resources by origin, exhaustibility, ownership and status of development
- Explain sustainable development, the Earth Summit and Agenda 21
- Explain the need for and the stages of resource planning in India
- Interpret land-use data and explain land degradation and its conservation
- Practise classifying a resource and reading a land-use table step by step