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Resource Scarcity and Natural Resource Management

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Responsible Consumption and Production

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Abundance and sufficiency (SAS); Natural resource management (NRM); Natural resource scarcity (NRS); Scarcity

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Resources refers to various materials which are available to mankind in nature. Resources are of two types: (1) Renewable resources (2) Nonrenewable resources. Renewable resources are infinite – because they are created by the natural processes. However, nonrenewable resources are finite in nature as they are limited in quantity. Examples of renewable resources include sun-rays, rain-water, wind energy, etc. Examples of finite/nonrenewable resources are coal, petroleum products, and mineral products. Some renewable resources are renewable if they are properly used, but if there is over-exploitation, they may exhaust. The world has finite resources and these resources are for all the living beings on the planet. Thus, human being is not the only user of these resources. Over exploitation of these resources will cause major problems for the existence of human...

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  1. Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Trilok Kumar Jain

  2. Manda Institute of Technology, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

    Nirupa Jain

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Sustainability, Akamai University, Hilo, Hawai, USA

    Medani P Bhandari

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Jain, T.K., Jain, N. (2020). Resource Scarcity and Natural Resource Management. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_103-1

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