Name: A Sustainable Approach to the Development of Resources
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 39 s
Description: Let's explore how human activities led to resource depletion, and how a new approach, called sustainable development, was created to deal with the crisis.

Question

How have technical and economic development led to more consumption of resources?

Accepted Answer

Technical and economic development had led to increased consumption of resources in the following ways:

Technical development:

(a) Technological development has led to rapid industrialisation which has increased the use of natural resources.

(b) Technological development has converted subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture, and this has led to the overutilization of soil.

(c) The development of technology contributed to the increased production of quality goods and the provision of better services to the people.

(d) Technological development has also improved the process of mining, leading to an increase in speed of mineral extraction.

Economic development

(a) Economic development has led to increasing urbanization and modernization which demands more resources, and technological advancement led to greater exploitation of resources to meet their demands.

(b) Improved medical and health facilities have led to increased population which in turn resulted in increased consumption of resources.

How have technical and economic development led to more consumption of resources?

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