Increasing demand for Resources.
- Created by: tasha.berkley
- Created on: 04-06-18 19:49
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- Increasing demand for Resources.
- A rise in population, means rise is demand.
- FOOD
- need to double the amount produced.
- raise productivity
- yield is leveling off
- subsistence farming in Rwanda affected as population growth, no land left for kids to inherit.
- WATER
- 70% earth's surface, 2.5% fresh water, 1% available
- in 20 yrs, 1/2 population won't have Clean water
- 1.2 bill lack clean water
- affected by industry, agriculture, climate, politics.
- ENERGY
- 85 mil barrels of oil/ day
- 40% increase of demand in 20 years
- fossilfuels take 350 mil yrs to form, running out
- impact on natural systems: oceans.
- use science and technology
- reduce population growth
- contraception
- Water conservation
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