resource depletion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofresourceanddepletion
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resource
noun
uk/rɪˈzɔːs/us/ˈriː.sɔːrs/
a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, ...
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depletion
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/us/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/
a reduction ...
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(Definition ofresourceanddepletionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofresource depletion
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Restricted forest access may be necessary to avoid excessiveresourcedepletion, but this presents a clear challenge.
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Though this has helped in checking theresourcedepletionin the short run, it is not an efficient solution in the long run.
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Environmentalists certainly would not neglect the role of natural resources and are sensitive to the costs associated withresourcedepletion.
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This feedback could create a dynamically unstable 'vicious circle' between population growth andresourcedepletion.
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In the green national accounting literature this link is provided by models that connect changes in human welfare toresourcedepletionand environmental degradation.
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When competition occurs, the net level ofresourcedepletionis less than the sum ofresourcedepletionby the two species when each is alone.
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With growing populations,resourcedepletionis accelerating, it is argued, resulting in widespread deforestation, overgrazing, biodiversity loss, soil erosion and soil fertility decline.
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This theoretical approach can be helpful in examining two opposing hypotheses in the caregiving and bereavement literature:resourcedepletionand relief.
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The second resource-related explanation is that resource-rich countries have not invested enough in reproducible capital to offsetresourcedepletion.
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One possible explanation for the apparent curse of natural resources is that resource-rich countries have not invested enough in reproducible capital to offsetresourcedepletion.
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During the last decades concern has been expressed for the long-term effects of naturalresourcedepletionand environmental deterioration.
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For farmers, the secondary effect of lowering the startup cost is to increase the opportunity cost ofresourcedepletion.
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I also assume that national accounts are comprehensive by including the effects of environmental amenities and naturalresourcedepletionas well as technological progress.
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In addition to theresourcedepletionand relief hypotheses, stress process models can also be used to examine anticipatory grief.
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Historically, outmigration has followedresourcedepletionin resource-based economies in many regions of the world.
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Another example might be the negative investment of naturalresourcedepletionor some forms of crowding externalities.
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In this framework, unsustainability andresourcedepletionare a likely outcome of excessive competition, and implementing father-to-son transfers generates a higher degree of resource preservation.
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Myers, on the other hand, considers population growth as the major obstacle in developing countries, mainly through increasing demands on food production leading to higher levels ofresourcedepletion.
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