Problem
Resource depletion
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Dependence on resource depletionExcessive demands for natural resources
Unintegrated biosphere and ecosystem management
Nature:
The abundance of natural resources used to be generally assumed, but questions are beginning to be raised on a many fronts, including the availability of fuel and of nonfuel minerals, the potential productivity of agriculture, the supply of forest products and of water, and the increasing pressures of world population growth.
Broader Problems:
ExhaustionUnsustainable development Narrower Problems:
Waste of human resourcesLong-term shortage of waterShortage of natural resourcesWaste of non-renewable resourcesIrreversible depletion of natural capitalNegative ecological impact of overpopulationConflicts arising from depletion of renewable resourcesNatural resource depletion due to high-level consumption Strategies:
Shifting from materials-intensive growth in developed countriesPlanning development of natural resourcesManaging resourcesIntegrating biosphere and local land use managementLimiting depletion of resourcesUsing environmental resources References:
Brown, Lester R: Resource Trends and Population Policy: a time for reassessmentDaily, Gretchen C: Nature's Services: societal dependence on natural ecosystems Subject(s):
Geography → EcologyManagement → Management
Resources → Resources
Societal Problems → Dependence
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
B: Basic universal problems Date of last update
09.09.2021 – 19:19 CEST