A Probe into the Developing and Evolving Process of Utilizing Patterns of Agricultural Natural Resources

Utilizing patterns of agricultural natural resources are the combination of various using styles of natural resources, which are designed by people under certain purposes to embody the natural-social-economic characteristics of different regions and which are relatively stable during certain period of time. The progressive development of utilizing patterns is rooted in the change of using ideas for natural resources, the evolution of using manners and means, and the replacement of dominant using elements. Moreover, the alteration of dominant elements of utilizing patterns are determined by the scarcity of natural resources, the social-economic costs and institutional factors.