Developed resource
Also called: Actual resource · Topic: Natural Resources: Classification, Planning and Sustainable Use · NCERT: Class 10, Ch 1 "Resources and Development"
Meaning
A developed resource has been surveyed, and its quality and quantity have been worked out so that it can be used. Developing it depends on technology and on whether it is worth the cost. In NCERT's classification by status of development, it stands alongside potential resources, stock and reserves.
Example
The iron ore and coal now being mined in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, in eastern-central India, are developed resources. They have been mapped and measured, and they are being used.
Don't confuse with
- Potential resource: found in a region but not yet used, such as the solar and wind energy of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Related concepts
- Community-owned resource
- International resource
- Potential resource
- Stock
- Reserves
- Tragedy of the commons