ECONOMICS
SCARCITY
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Northern Europe
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Southwest Australia
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Southeast Asia
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Indonesia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Central Australia’s immense ‘outback’ is made up of semi-arid bush and deserts where temperatures can soar above 50°centigrade and it might not rain for years. This makes Australia the world’s driest inhabited continent-and it’s getting drier.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.3 percent of the world’s population, the region contains only 1.4 percent of the world’s renewable fresh water.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rainfall has decreased and the dams that once met most of Perth’s water needs are no longer being replenished.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arid regions are most often associated with physical water scarcity, but water scarcity also appears where water is apparently abundant, when water resources are overcommitted to various users owing to overdevelopment of hydraulic infrastructure, most commonly for irrigation purposes.