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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Scarce resources

Scarce resources

  • 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
Excellent

Narrower

Shortage of natural resources
Excellent
Shortage of fresh-water
Excellent
Threatened species of living organisms
Presentable
Lack of funding
Unpresentable
Shortage of industrial diamonds
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Maldistribution of resources
Presentable
Unbridled competition for scarce resources
Unpresentable
Tension
Unpresentable
Eco-fascism
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Worldwide misallocation of resources
Presentable
Resource depletion
Presentable
Natural resource depletion due to high-level consumption
Presentable
Ineffective population control
Presentable

Reduced by

Reduction in demand for primary commodities due to technological change
Presentable

Related

Theft of plants
Unpresentable
False image of scarcity
Yet to rate

Strategy

Planning development of natural resources
Excellent
Substituting for scarce resources
Yet to rate
Relieving strain on world resources
Yet to rate
Managing resources
Yet to rate
Limiting resources
Yet to rate
Freeing up resources
Yet to rate
Conserving rare resources
Yet to rate

Value

Strain
Yet to rate
Scarcity
Yet to rate
Rarity
Yet to rate
Overstrain
Yet to rate
Limitedness
Yet to rate

Reference

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

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(B) Basic universal problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Resources » Resources
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    A5984
    DOCID
    11159840
    D7NID
    155457
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020