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A Model of Resources and Human Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Richard C. Fluck
Richard C. Fluck
Affiliation:
Professor, Agricultural Engineering Department, Institute of Food and, Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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An examination of the relationship between human needs (above and beyond the basic physiological needs and concomitant consumption of resources) has re-emphasized the importance of control of human population in order to meet several other, also important, human needs. Development of human resources to their fullest potential requires utilization of additional resources beyond those necessary for the provision of basic physiological needs.

A preliminary model of resource requirements to meet human needs suggests that resource requirements for meeting the human needs for safety are considerable, those for meeting the cognitive and esteem needs are moderate, while those for meeting belongingness and love, aesthetic, and self-actualization, needs are minimal. Both industrialized and non-industrialized societies can adequately meet basic human needs, but industrialized societies may the better meet some of the higher human needs.

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Main Papers
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1985 , pp. 249 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1985

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