Uneven distribution of resources

• How are resources distributed?


  Some countries have lots of energy resources, access to water, access to food, access to all
• Where are resources consumed?

  no resource = technology to access it, or importation

  HICs can afford to consume more resources
• Newly emerging economies

  Consumption increases rapidly which is a problem globally because burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide leading to the greenhouse effect
• Desalination


  Desalination plants are used to reduce freshwater from saltwater in countries where freshwater is scarce but saltwater is abundant