Topic overview
What you need to know
Food, water and energy are essential resources whose supply and demand vary spatially. Management choices create economic, social and environmental trade-offs.
Exam tip
Evaluate strategies with a consistent frame: cost, scale, reliability, environmental impact and who gains or loses.
Core knowledge
Key facts for Resource Management
Resource security
Reliable access to enough affordable food, water or energy.
Resource insecurity
Insufficient or unreliable access to a resource needed for wellbeing and development.
Water stress
A situation where demand for water is close to or greater than the available supply.
Energy mix
The combination of different energy sources used by a place.
Renewable resource
A resource replenished naturally at or near the rate it is used.
Carbon footprint
The total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an activity, product or person.
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