the challenge of resource management

• what is food needed for ?

  • average person needs 2000-2500 each day.
  • too few can cause lack of energy
  • too many can cause obesity
• water

  • makes 2/3 of someone’s body
  • needed to grow food
• energy

  • energy is used in the form electricity in our homes.(secondary energy)
  • fossil fuels or the wind have been used to generate it (primary energy)
  • mining / biofuel takes us farm land, meaning less food available.
• is there inequalities in supply?


  There are inequalities in the global distribution of resources. The balance between the supply and demand for resources affects a country's wealth and security.
• what does food insecurity mean?


  when people don’t have enough food, go hungry or are malnourished
• why is there a difference in food security?

  Wealthier countries import food and subsidisefarming to make food more affordable. This creates a food surplus and there is plenty to go around. Poorer countries have a food deficit. They struggle to grow enough to feed people and cannot afford to subsidise farming or import more food.
• what is a water surplus ?

  when people have more water than they need.

  water deflect is when they have too little.
• why is there an increase in food demand?

  1. population increase
  2. people wanting more
  3. people want food out of season
• what is a water transfer scheme and example ?

  • transporting water from deflect to surplus .