MP Board · Class 10 · Social Science · Geography: Resources and DevelopmentClassify resources on the basis of ownership and status of development, providing suitable examples for each category.

Resources can be classified systematically on the basis of ownership and their status of development as follows:

1. Classification On the Basis of Ownership:

• Individual Resources: Resources owned privately by individuals. Examples include private land, houses, plots, plantation land, ponds, and wells.
• Community Owned Resources: Resources accessible to all members of a community. Examples include public parks, village ponds, grazing grounds, picnic spots, and playgrounds.
• National Resources: Technically, all resources within the political boundaries belong to the nation. The government has legal powers to acquire private property for public welfare. Examples include roads, railways, canals, minerals, and oceanic area up to 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) from the coast.
• International Resources: Regulated by international institutions. No individual country can use them without concurrence. Examples include oceanic resources beyond 200 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

2. Classification On the Basis of Status of Development:

• Potential Resources: Resources found in a region but not yet utilized due to lack of capital or infrastructure. Examples: Wind and solar energy potential in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
• Developed Resources: Resources that are surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilization. Example: Coal and petroleum reserves currently in use.
• Stock: Materials in the environment that have the potential to satisfy human needs, but humans do not have the appropriate technology to access them. Example: Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, which could be a rich source of energy, but we lack technology to separate them economically.
• Reserves: A subset of stock that can be put into use with existing technical know-how, but their use has not been started on a large scale. They are saved for future requirements (e.g., river water for hydroelectricity).