Fiducia TogetherResource management
Food, water and energy: supply, demand and the gap between them.
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What it is
Resource management covers how food, water and energy are produced, distributed and consumed, and the strategies for closing the gap between supply and demand.
Where it applies
GCSE geography human topics.
How it works
Demand rises with population and with rising living standards; supply is constrained by physical geography, technology and cost.
Strategies split into increasing supply — reservoirs, desalination, new energy sources — and managing demand, which is usually cheaper and less popular.
How to use it in your work
Cover both increasing supply and managing demand. Most answers only do the first.
Use a named scheme with figures and give both benefits and drawbacks, including who bears each.
Sustainability is the usual evaluation criterion — apply the three pillars.
Where to get help
Your teacher and your board's specification. Bitesize for worked examples, and the subject song for the topic list.
Revise this with a song
These are ours. We write revision songs because a lot of people remember a tune when they cannot remember a page, and because revising out loud in the kitchen beats staring at a highlighter.
- The Geography Song The GCSE geography topics, set to music.
Where to read more
Last reviewed 2026-08-28 by Fiducia Together · Next review due 2027-08-28
Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.