GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Howe Sound, Squamish River, Fish Stock
18 Apr 2016
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Environment and natural resources: environment is general, broad and much bigger natural resources are specific classifications of materials/substances that occur in nature/environment (e. g, forest, wildlife, oceans, rivers, lakes, minerals, petroleum, ) value of resources: two views 1. Biocentric view resources have inherent value that is independent of human wants and needs 2. Anthropocentric view value of resources is defined relative to human interests, wants, needs, culture, society, and abilities. Stock resources resources with a fixed initial availability: non renewable stock material resources: b) non renewable stock energy resources: c) Renewable stock material resources: flow resources resources that are continuous 3. Speculative resources stock resources believed to be present in unexplored areas due to potentially unfavourable conditions 4. Estimates of total land base used for mineral extraction in canada < 300,000 hectares 0. 03% in the past 150 years of mineral activity in canada area < 1/2 the size of pei produces all. Phase ii mine construction c. phase iii .
