ECONOMICS
SCARCITY
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Question
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Economic Water Scarcity
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Physical Water Scarcity
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Unsanitary Water Scarcity
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -description. Economic water scarcity is due to a lack of water infrastructure in general or to the poor management of water resources where infrastructure is in place. The FAO estimates that more than 1.6 billion people face economic water shortage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Water scarcity limits access to safe water for drinking and for practising basic hygiene at home, in schools and in health-care facilities. When water is scarce, sewage systems can fail and the threat of contracting diseases like cholera surges. Scarce water also becomes more expensive.
Detailed explanation-3: -water scarcity, insufficient freshwater resources to meet the human and environmental demands of a given area. Water scarcity is inextricably linked to human rights, and sufficient access to safe drinking water is a priority for global development.
Detailed explanation-4: -Physical scarcity occurs when the demand of the population exceeds the available water resources of a region. Economic water scarcity occurs when water is adequate, but is unavailable due to a lack of significant investment in water infrastructure (IWMI, 2000; Rijsberman, 2006).