World Generation

[LadyAzure]

I had a question, do the items and resources generate faster in DST then in single player? Or do you have to regenerate and start over every time all resources are depleted? I ask because playing in other peoples servers I join sometimes and there is nothing around to survive because everything is gone, it makes playing in some worlds very difficult. Now mind you that in my own server I have already thought of this ahead of time by providing resources for people joining in such as a base camp at the entrance, but if people are joining in and do not know how to play efficiently then how do you compensate for that? Is there an option to regenerate the world without starting from day one?