Summary of Class 8 NCERT Geography book Ch-1 Resources
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Resources Class 8 Notes Social Science Geography Chapter 1. Resources: Anything that has some utility to satisfy our needs is known as a resource. Human beings are important resources because their ideas, knowledge and skills lead to the creation of new resources. ... Human Resources: People are human resources.
Resources
Anything that can be used to satisfy a need or has value can be called a resource. Water, electricity, rickshaw, vegetable and textbook all have utility and hence are considered as resources. All the resources have value or worth. Some resources have economic value, some do not. Some may become valuable only over a period of time. For example, your grand mom's home remedies may not have commercial value at present but if they are patented and sold, they could also become economically valuable. Meanwhile, the two factors that change substances to resources include time and technology.
Types of Resources
- Resources are of 3 kinds- natural, human made and human.
- Natural Resources are drawn from nature and are used without much modification.
- Human Made Resources: At times, natural substances become resources only after their original form has changed. People make use of natural resources to manufacture human made resources like buildings, bridges, roads, machinery and vehicles.
- Human Resource refers to the number (quantity) and abilities (mental and physical) of the people.
Conserving Resources
- all uses of renewable resources are sustainable
- the diversity of life on the earth is conserved
- the damage to the natural environmental system is minimized