Resource Reliance - Key Terms

• Average daily calorie consumption

  A measure of how much people eat. Useful to compare AC's with EDC's and LIDC's. Higher calories in AC's and Lower in LIDC's
• Boserupian


  She was a Danish Economist that argued we will always find a technological solution to problems created by the growing population. She has an opposite view to Malthus
• Bottom up


  This is aid provided by NGO's in co-operation with local communities. for example Goat Aid
• Commercial fishing


  Fishing done on a large scale to make lots of profit
• Ethical consumerism


  Buying products that do not have negative social, economic or environmental impacts. Fair Trade is an example of ethical consumerism
• Food banks


  Free food provided to low income families in AC's
• Food consumption


  How much food is eaten
• Food security


  When all people at all time have sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy lifestyle
• GM


  Genetically Modified - when DNA is taken from one species and inserted into another
• Hydroponics


  Growing plants indoors in artificial conditions
• Intensive farming


  Using large amounts of machines, chemicals or labour to increase food production
• Mechanisation


  Use machines to do jobs. These often replace the need for people to work. E.g. milking machines on farms
• Malthusian


  A British Economist who argued when the world's population got too big, it would be checked. An example of a check could be war, famine or disease. The population would return to a level that the resources available can support. Malthus has the opposite view of Boserup
• NGO


  Non-Government Organisation - A charity like Red Cross or Oxfam
• Organic


  Farming where chemicals, fertilisers and pesticides are banned
• Permaculture


  A way of growing food that tries to achieve food security by copying nature. An example is tacking where tall trees, small trees, shrubs and vegetables are grown on the same land to maximise the amount of food on the same area.
• Urban gardens


  Growing crops in built up areas. Roof tops can be used. Windowsills can also be used.
• Water transfer schemes


  Moving water from where there is plenty to where there is little. This can be done via aqueducts.
• Global

  Hunger Index


  Ranges from 0-100. Higher the score the worse the hunger.

  It uses data on nourishment, child mortality and the height and weight of children under the age of 5