Unit 5 Location of Resources

LG 3: Management of Resources

Analyze how management of key natural resources affects location and patterns of movement of people, products and money and evaluate how societies create sustainable development.

Criteria for Success

Analyze how management of key natural resources affects location and patterns of movement of people, products and money

Evaluate how societies create sustainable development.

Essential ? 1 – Is there a relationship between political and

economic characteristics? Most democratic

governments tend to have capitalist or free enterprise economic systems

Provide three examples

However, this is not always a sure bet. There are examples of newly industrialized countries which are totalitarian.

Examples include Iran and China.

Sustainable Development

Definition: A type of long term pattern of resource usage and economic development in which the goal is to meet human needs while preserving the environment for future generations.

Regardless of political systems, all countries must find ways to promote sustainable development

Why is this so important?

Sustainable Development

Watch the following clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmrPn1CnzY

What are government regulations

Answer the following

What is a potential outcome if there are no regulations?

How could regulations have helped in this scenario?

Resource Management

Resource Management

The Amazon Rainforest has a tremendous amount of natural resources.

This causes people and companies to flock to the rainforest

Competition Wildlife Natives Loggers Cattle Ranchers Rubber tapers Government

Developers

Resource Managements

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMD83H37y4

How would these competing industries put strain on the rainforest?

What should be done to meet the needs of the people while protecting the environment for future generations?

Regulations for Water Use This is Lake Travis before the drought

Regulations for Water Use

Regulations for Water Use

Remember that WATER is a NATURAL RESOURCE

How do people use water?

How can create strain on Lake Travis?

People drink water Water their lawns Boaters, water

skiers, tubers, fishers

Water is needed for lives stock

What needs to happen to lessen the strain on Lake Travis?

Partner assignment

With a partner do the following Research an example of a natural resource

being exhausted (This can be water, oil, trees, gold, diamond)

In what ways has this created jobs? How has it strained the environment? How is the local government trying to protect

the environment? What would you do in order to meet the

needs of people and protect the environment?