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Classification of Resources

 

Classification of Resources:
(a) On the basis of origin: Biotic and Abiotic.
(b) On the basis of exhaustibility: Renewable and Non-renewable.
(c) On the basis of ownership: Individual (Personal), Community, National and International.
(d) On the basis of status and development: Potential, Developed, Reserve and Stock.

  • Biotic Resources are obtained from the biosphere. They have life or are living resources, e.g., human beings, fisheries, forests, etc.
  • Abiotic Resources include all non-living things, e.g., rocks and minerals.

Renewable Resources:
The resources which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical and mechanical processes are known as renewable or replenishable resources, e.g., water, wildlife, forests, solar energy, wind energy, etc.

Non-renewable Resources:
The resources which once get exhausted, cannot be remade. They take a long geological period of time, i.e., millions of years in their formation, e.g., minerals, fossil’ fuels, etc.

  1. Individual resources: Owned by individuals, e.g., own land, house;
  2. Community Owned Resources: Resources which are accessible to all the members of the community, e.g., parks, playground;
  3. National Resources: Resources which belong to the nation, e.g., roads, railways; and
  4. International resources: Resources which no individual country can utilize, e.g., oceanic waters beyond 200 km.

 

  1. Potential resources: Resources found in a region but not in use, e.g., solar energy in Rajasthan,
    wind in Gujarat;
  2. Stock: Resources available but do not have appropriate technology to access, e.g., lack of technical know how to use hydrogen and oxygen as source of energy; and
  3. Reserve: Subset of stock. Can be used for future needs, e.g., water in the dams, forest resources.

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