1. 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.

2. 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.
Example Iran

3. How bad can I be?

4. 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?

5. Sustainable Development
What are government regulations?
What is a potential outcome if there are no regulations?
How could regulations have helped in this scenario?

6. Resource Management

7. 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

8. Resource Managements
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?

9. Regulations for Water Use
This is Lake Travis before the drought

10. Regulations for Water Use

11. Regulations for Water Use
Remember that WATER is a NATURAL RESOURCE
How do people use water?
What is the strain placed 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?

13. 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?