Question

classify the resources on the basis of ownership into four categories mention theain feature os each

Answer 1

individual, community, national & international resources

Individual Resources are resources that are owned privately by individuals, e.g. 
   • land owned by farmers (allotted by the government against the payment of revenue) 
   • platations, pasture lands, ponds, water in wells owned by individuals 
   • plots, houses and other property owned by people in the city 
  etc.

Community Resources are resources accessible to all the members of a community. Examples : 
   • Village commons (grazing grounds, burial grounds, village ponds, etc.) 
   • public parks, picnic spots, and playgrounds in urban areas

National Resources are all the reasources that belong to a nation. Examples : 
   • roads, canals, railways, etc. 
   • minerals, water resources, forests, wildlife, etc. 
   • land within the political boundaries, 
   • territorial water and the resources within 
The term territorial water refers to the oceanic area upto 12 nautical miles (19.2 km) from the coast. 
The country has legal powers to acquire even private property for public good. Urban Development Authorities get empowered by the government to acquire land

International Resources are regulated by certain international institutions. These include : 
   • the oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone, 
     which belong to open ocean and no individual country can utilise these without the concurrence of international institutions. 
India had to obtain the right to mine manganese nodulesfrom the bed of the Indian Ocean from an area which lies beyond the exclusive economic zone.