Problem
Insufficient use of natural resources
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Underutilized raw materialsUnderuse of material resources
Unused natural resources
Inefficient extraction and utilization of natural resources
Nature:
The extraction and utilization of natural resources, and the making of decisions concerning their use, are inhibited because technology, systems and procedures for extracting and utilizing resources are not equitably distributed nor does their development respond to need. This absence of a global sharing in technology and in the transfer and coordination of skills results in inefficient production and consequent waste of natural resources.
Incidence:
There exists a range of relatively low-cost raw materials which are not exploited and for which high cost alternatives are employed or developed. Once commercial interests are organized to manufacture the higher cost alternatives, there is considerable pressure against any attempt to develop the use of the cheaper alternatives.
Examples of underused plant resources include rice bran and the water hyacinth.
Broader Problems:
Inefficient use of resourcesUnderutilization of resourcesInefficiency of state-controlled enterprisesLimited access to natural resource use decisions Narrower Problems:
Unused landUnderutilized wastesUnused water resourcesUnused animal resourcesUnused fodder resourcesInadequate land drainageLack of coastal developmentUndeveloped power resourcesUnderutilization of renewable energy resources Related Problems:
Shortage of natural resources Aggravates:
Vulnerability of least developed countriesUnderdevelopment of manufacturing industriesUnderdeveloped potential of community basic resourcesInadequate development of enterprises in developing countries Strategies:
Employing unused landMaking supplies availableUsing available resource outletsMaximizing use of local natural resourcesPlanning development of natural resourcesIntroducing variations of using common resourcesExtracting natural resourcesUtilizing material resourcesUsing genetic resourcesReducing resource underuseUsing unused natural resourcesDepleting resourcesManaging natural resourcesUsing resourcesUsing mineral resources Subject(s):
Cybernetics → Cybernetics Economics → Resource utilization
Fundamental Sciences → Material
Industry → Manufacturing processes
Resources → Resources
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST