"increased resource use" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the act of using more resources than before. It can be used in a variety of contexts, but it is commonly seen in discussions about sustainability, environmental issues, and resource management. Example: "The government's policies have led to an increase in resource use, causing concern among environmental groups."
Increasing world population and standards of living are leading to increased resource use and disposal.
Subsequent trials accounted for platinum sensitivity, resulting in higher sample sizes and increased resource use.
With an increasing population, a growing middle class and increased resource use, our current ways of living and doing business are unsustainable.
Increased resource use for infants is due to the intensive diagnostic workup which usually takes place during the first year of life.
The observed net biodiversity effect was driven by the selection effect, suggesting increased resource use by a dominant species in mixture, a result consistent with many previous studies (for review, see [2]).
It also increased resource use and the length of hospital treatment.
Unintended consequences of computerized patient care system interventions may increase resource use, foster clinical errors, and reduce users' confidence.
Livestock as an integral part of farming systems can increase resource use efficiency and land use intensity of agricultural systems, but can also be a driver of forest conversion and associated greenhouse gas emissions.
Spangenberg highlights that sustainability criteria can be of much help in detecting unsustainable trends and effects, thus identifying unsustainable policy approaches, e.g., policies increasing resource use or societal disparities [11].
Since it is both theoretically and practically impossible to increase resource use efficiencies indefinitely, it is equally impossible to have continued and infinite economic growth without a concomitant increase in resource depletion and environmental pollution, i.e., economic growth and resource depletion can be decoupled to some degree over the short run but not the long run.
