Class 10 Social Science — Chapter 1: Resource and Development

What you'll learn

• ▸Definition and Nature of Resources
• ▸Classification of Resources
• ▸Resource Depletion and Sustainable Development
• ▸Global Initiatives for Resource Management
• ▸Resource Planning in India
• ▸Conservation of Resources
• ▸Land as a Resource and India's Relief Features
• ▸Land Utilisation Patterns

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 1068CH01 RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT Can you identify and name the various items used in making life comfortable in our villages and towns. List the items and name the material used in their making. Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided, it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable can be termed as ‘Resource’. Physical Environment (Nature) ^ | v Human Beings / \ / \ v v Technology Institutions Fig. 1.1: Interdependent relationship between nature, technology and institutions The process of transformation of things available in our environment involves an interactive relationship between nature, technology and institutions. Human beings interact with nature through technology and create institutions to accelerate their econo…

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4. According to the text, which three criteria must be met for something in the environment to be termed a 'Resource'? Get Solution →
5. How are resources classified on the basis of origin? Get Solution →
6. What is the concept of 'sustainable development'? Get Solution →
7. The first International Earth Summit was held in June 1992 in which city? Get Solution →
8. What is Agenda 21, adopted at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Only about 3% of Earth's water is fresh water, mostly locked in glaciers.
• 💡 Many everyday plastics come from petroleum, a non-renewable fossil fuel.
• 💡 A single plastic bottle can take over 450 years to decompose.
• 💡 Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity without creating pollution.
• 💡 Over 80% of global waste is not recycled, polluting our environment.

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