resource base

collocation in English

meanings of resourceand base

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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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base
noun
uk /beɪs/ us /beɪs/
the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part ...
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Examples of resource base

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This resourcebase is finite.
Given this heavy dependence on the local resourcebase, it is natural to inquire how, if at all, households respond to any degradation of this resourcebase.
Society does not have the capacity to destroy the resourcebase in this case.
Rather than deteriorating, the land resourcebase improves in the process.
This growth puts further pressure on the wild resourcebase, causing it to degrade.
To understand why we need to consider how well markets signal pressures on the resourcebase.
Otherwise, the resourcebase, given technology and preferences, cannot meet the needs of the human population.
For example, increasing population increases the pressure on the resourcebase.
Agricultural commercialization can have both negative and positive impacts on the natural resourcebase.
This may increase exploitation of the resourcebase to produce wildlife exports.
Now consider exogenous technological progress that reduces the impact of production on the resourcebase.
There is no reason to assume that competition for the natural resourcebase will decrease.
That requires retaining the resourcebase and land tenure from one generation to the next.
Natural endowments sustained urban communities by providing them with a resourcebase.
What are the anticipated impacts of agricultural commercialization on the natural resourcebase?
That is, the resourcebase is not sufficiently productive to support a human population with a given technology.
On the contrary, if the resourcebase were irreversibly degraded, economic growth itself could be at risk.
One reason is deteriorating external circumstances, which lower both the private and communal profitability of investment in the resourcebase.
By considering the entire agro-ecosystem, the impact of production practices on the supporting natural resourcebase are recognized.
As suggested above, the resourcebase of the movements impinges on their comportment and their relationship with the peasantry.
This programme aims for sustainable productivity, based upon protection of the resourcebase (land and water) through good management.
Previous studies have examined the impact of an exogenous increase in population on the local resourcebase.
Unfortunately, long-term data on the resourcebase which are needed for such an analysis were not available.
The first part of this transition occurs because the expansion of primary activities becomes constrained by a fixed resourcebase.
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