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Man is not merely a resident of this earth. He is a builder and a geomorphic agent bringing frequent changes in his environment. He employs his physical strength and brain power to overcome the obstacles and to exploit the opportunities of the nature. To fulfil and satisfy his needs and scientific activities, he is making constant use of natural resources. This has resulted in over-exploitation and depletion of many natural resources. Such ...
Commerce exists because individuals and nations exchange their surplus goods and services to mutual advantage. Commercial geography looks into differences in the peoples themselves, stages of industrial development and available resources resulting into differences in production of goods. How the goods from excess region is sent to deficient region, i.e., the transportation methods are the domain of commercial geography. "Commercial ...
The dynamic character of resources in world environment and their availability for utilization to human beings have resulted in relationships between man and environment. In the context of man's industrial and commercial activities, environment functions in the service of man. Since functioning of environment depends on certain variable factors, nobody can say with absolute certainty and accuracy what are the resources available to man looking at ...