Abstract:
Geography provides the basic building blocks or the study of resource use and sustainable development, inasmuch as it categorizes the human environment. Within the environment are resources that are needed or the survival of society resources are largely limited and nite, humans as agents of change must employ techniques that allow an efficient and lasting use of the available resources in their environment. This paper discusses the nexus between geography, resource exploitation, use, and sustainable development. t also discusses the characteristics, types, and classification of resources, development and sustainable development as well as the challenges and strategies or attaining sustainable development, particularly in developing countries