resource exploitation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofresourceandexploitation
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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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exploitation
noun[U]
uk/ˌek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
the use of something in order to get an advantage ...
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(Definition ofresourceandexploitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofresource exploitation
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Meanwhile, rates ofresourceexploitationand consumption leaped ahead even faster than population growth as the industrial model of development was adopted around the world.
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However, this problem did not have anything to do with inefficientresourceexploitation.
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More generally, there can be no pretence that the factors determiningresourceexploitationcould be adequately included in empirical estimation.
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There only seem to exist studies examining the link between debt and deforestation, but none that looks at other forms of naturalresourceexploitation.
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As indicated above, in the absence of regulation,resourceexploitationis driven by benefits and opportunity costs, be they material or psychological.
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Human consumption and global population are increasing, and experts warn that natural resources are finite and that current levels ofresourceexploitationcannot be maintained.
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We will show that in artisanal fisheries, whether roads increase or decrease open accessresourceexploitation depends on how roads affect labor and product markets.
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Further, as mentioned already, testing the determinants of naturalresourceexploitationis a complicated task, rendered difficult by conceptual uncertainty and poor data availability.
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The returns fromresourceexploitationare endogenous to the present model and will depend, among other things, on the effective property regime, as described below.
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The debt-resource-hypothesis suggests that high indebtedness leads to increased naturalresourceexploitation as well as more unsustainable patterns of resource use.
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The next section, section 2, discusses technical efficiency andresourceexploitationwhen the resource stock is in steady-state equilibrium.
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The intensification of lacustrineresourceexploitationappears to be correlated with changing climatic conditions that occurred about a. d. 1150.
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In sum, for this fishery, the issue of technical efficiency does not appear to pose a threat to sustainableresourceexploitationand hence sustainable development.
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In order to be of value, the concept of alliance networks needs to be loosened from communication theory andresourceexploitationand, in my opinion, re-embedded in social practice.
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They may be relevant for highly capitalized forms ofresourceexploitationthat can absorb the high costs of research, management, and monitoring, especially fisheries on the high seas.
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However, excessive use of energy may lead to environmental deterioration and accelerated rates of naturalresourceexploitation, with consequences ultimately threatening to the long-run sustainability of agriculture.
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People living near the conservation area therefore prefer to have guaranteed but unsustainable access to the resource, rather than foregoingresourceexploitationfor compensation that may never arrive.
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It is unlikely that a switch to (more) unsustainable resource use would not be accompanied by higherresourceexploitation, but its possibility cannot be ruled out either.
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