fw.3 Water scarcity and water quality
Unit Contents
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.3.2 Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality
- fw.3.3 Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers
- fw.3.4 Conflict over internationally shared water resources
fw.3 Water scarcity and water quality is part of the Freshwater geographic theme (Paper 1). The geographic inquiry for this sub-topic is: the varying power of different actors in relation to water management issues
Geographic inquiry: The varying power of different actors in relation to water management issues
- Physical and economic water scarcity, and the factors that control these including the causes and impacts of droughts; the distinction between water quantity and water quality
- Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality, to include pollution (eutrophication) and irrigation (salinization)
- Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers, including economic growth and population migration
- Internationally shared water resources as a source of conflict