fw.3 Water scarcity and water quality
Unit Contents
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.3.2 Agricultural activities
- fw.3.3 Lakes and aquifers
- fw.3.4 International conflict
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
