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state > supply balance > shortages > water scarcity

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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Created: 2019-08-28T17:55:34.556+02:00

Notation: 1a8094a9

water scarcity  

Definition

  • Information An imbalance between supply and demand of freshwater in a specified domain (e.g. country, region, catchment or river basin) as a result of a high rate of demand compared with available supply, under prevailing institutional arrangements (including price) and infrastructural conditions. Symptoms are unsatisfied demand, tensions between users, competition for water, overextraction of groundwater and insufficient flows to the natural environment.

    Created: 8/2/22

    Last modified: 10/15/25

     (en)
  • Information Déséquilibre entre l’offre et la demande d’eau dans un secteur donné (pays, région, bassin versant, bassin hydrographique, etc.) suite à une demande élevée par rapport à l’offre disponible, dans le cadre des dispositifs institutionnels en vigueur (y compris le prix) et de la situation sur le plan des infrastructures.

    Created: 12/4/25

    Last modified: 12/4/25

     (fr)
  • Information La brecha entre el suministro disponible y la demanda expresada de agua dulce en un área determinada, bajo las disposiciones institucionales (incluyendo la ‘fijación del precio’ del recurso y los costes acordados para el consumidor) y las condiciones de infraestructura existentes.

    Created: 7/18/23

     (es)
  • Information Недостаток воды случается тогда, когда водных ресурсов недостаточно для удовлетворения средних потребностей в ней в долгосрочном плане. Здесь речь идет о долгосрочном несбалансированном снабжении водой, т.е.о случаях,когда водообеспеченность низка, а уровень спроса на воду превышает возможности природной системы.

    Created: 12/4/25

     (ru)
  • Information تندر المياه في المناطق التي تكون فيها الموارد المائية غير كافية للإيفاء بالمتطلبات المتوسطة على المدى الطويل. ويشير المصطلح إلى اختلال توازن المياه على المدى الطويل، وهو يجمع بين توفر مقدار قليل من المياه ومستوى طلب على المياه يفوق قدرة النظام الطبيعي على الإمداد بالمياه.

    Created: 12/4/25

     (ar)
  • Information 水短缺通常发生在缺少水资源、不能长期满足用水需求的地方。它指长期的供水不平衡加上水的需求量超过了自然系统的供水能力。

    Created: 12/4/25

     (zh)

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  • Levels can be measured as water scarcity (absolute), and water scarcity (chronic). (en)

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In other languages

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2019-11-12T14:12:47.257+01:00

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    نقص المياه

    Arabic

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2021-01-29T12:16:55

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    水资源短缺

    Chinese

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    水荒
  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2023-07-18T11:40:20

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    rareté de l'eau

    French

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1996-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Last modified: 2021-05-24T17:34:42Z

    Notation: 35353

    pénurie d'eau
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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1997-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    Wasserknappheit

    German

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1996-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    जल दुर्लभता

    Hindi

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    vízhiány

    Hungarian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    Scarsità di acqua

    Italian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Last modified: 2019-08-28T18:08:35.346+02:00

    Notation: 35353

    水不足

    Japanese

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2019-08-28T18:08:52.465+02:00

    Notation: d3864e7f

    水欠乏
  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    ການຂາດນ້ຳ

    Lao

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2020-01-07T16:29:18.05+01:00

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    vannmangel

    Norwegian Bokmål

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    كمبود آب

    Persian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    Niedobór wody

    Polish

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1998-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Last modified: 2021-06-16T21:24:42Z

    Notation: 35353

    escassez de água

    Portuguese

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2021-09-29T20:35:42Z

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    escassez de água

    Portuguese (Brazil)

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2020-07-24T13:01:17.364+02:00

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    penurie de apă

    Romanian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2020-07-24T13:02:16.822+02:00

    Notation: e5ba0133

    insuficiență de apă
  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 8317

    недостаток воды

    Russian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    nedostatok vody

    Slovak

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1996-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    Escasez de agua

    Spanish

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2022-10-27T14:22:42Z

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    uhaba wa maji

    Swahili

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 35353

    ความขาดแคลนน้ำ

    Thai

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2021-03-26T13:24:55

    Last modified: 2023-08-21T15:24:47

    Notation: 1a8094a9

    su kıtlığı

    Turkish

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