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Land utilisation

  LAND UTILIZATION  Land is a scarce resource, whose supply is fixed for all practical purposes. At the same time, the demand for land for various competing purposes is continuously increasing with the increase in human population and economic growth.Land use pattern at any given time is determined by several factors including size of human and livestock population, the demand pattern, the technology in use, the cultural traditions, the location and capability of land, institutional factors like ownership pattern and rights scale regulation. Major Types of Land Utilization in India : As in all other countries, land in India is put to various uses. The utilization of land depends upon physical factors like topography, soil and climate as well as upon human factors such as the density of population, duration of occupation of the area,land tenure and technical levels of the people.There are spatial and temporal difference in land utilization due to the continued interplay of phys...
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REASONS of poverty

REASONS OF POVERTY

• The poor households of the world doesnot have ability to invest in property .

•There is limited education basically confined to rural areas only .

•The systems or rituals followed by ethnic tribes,castes, minorities stop them from participating in economic power.

•Political violence , wars ,crimes are another major reason of poverty.

•Unemployment and lesser opportunities to the youth is the reason of promoting poverty to another level.

•Limited agricultural produce Leads the people of those country towards starvation and thus resulting in poverty.

•Refugee migration creates overcrowding which further promotes poor hygiene.

•Lack of basic necessities makes the poor even more poorer.

•Unhealthy people who works less are no more productive which is the cause for poverty.

•Climate change or natural calamities prone areas are another important reason for the poverty.

•Poor governance , policies, law can lead the country towards poverty.



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