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Scarce resources
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Name(s):
Finite resources
Limited resources
Resource rarity
Strain on world resources
Lack of adequate resources
Nature
Rare resources are those seldom occurring either in absolute terms or in space.
Broader
Shortage
Narrower
Lack of funding
Shortage of fresh-water
Shortage of natural resources
Shortage of industrial diamonds
Threatened species of living organisms
Related
Theft of plants
False image of scarcity
This problem is a member of 18 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Tension
Eco-fascism
[in 2 loops]
Maldistribution of resources
[in 4 loops]
Unbridled competition for scarce resources
[in 16 loops]
Mala distribución de los recursos
Aggravated by
Resource depletion
Ineffective population control
Worldwide misallocation of resources
Natural resource depletion due to high-level consumption
Reduced by
Reduction in demand for primary commodities due to technological change
Strategy(ies)
Confining availability of materials
Substituting for scarce resources
Planning development of natural resources
Managing resources
Conserving rare resources
Relieving strain on world resources
Freeing up resources
Value(s)
Limitedness
Overstrain
Rarity
Scarcity
Strain
Reference(s)
International Institute for Environment and Development / World Resources Institute: World Resources 1987: an assessment of the resource base that supports the global economy
Ophuls, William: Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity
Ophuls, William and Boyan, A Stephen Jr: Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited: the unraveling of the American dream
Type
(B) Basic universal problems