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AQASpec 3.2.3Foundation & Higher~35 min

Resource Management

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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.

Revision notes

Core ideas

Secure these ideas first. Say each definition in your own words, then connect it to the topic overview.

  • 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.

Revision notes

Apply it in the exam

The exam will rarely ask for an isolated definition. Practise selecting the right idea and using it as part of a complete explanation or method.

  • 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.

Core knowledge

Key facts for Resource Management

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Resource security

Reliable access to enough affordable food, water or energy.

2

Resource insecurity

Insufficient or unreliable access to a resource needed for wellbeing and development.

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Water stress

A situation where demand for water is close to or greater than the available supply.

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Energy mix

The combination of different energy sources used by a place.

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Renewable resource

A resource replenished naturally at or near the rate it is used.

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Carbon footprint

The total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an activity, product or person.

Active recall

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  1. 1.Without looking, explain resource security and give one example or consequence.
  2. 2.Without looking, explain resource insecurity and give one example or consequence.
  3. 3.Without looking, explain water stress and give one example or consequence.
  4. 4.Without looking, explain energy mix and give one example or consequence.

Content reviewed 23 July 2026 against the current linked specification.

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