Concept information
Preferred term
Created: 2019-08-28T17:55:34.556+02:00
Definition
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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.
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Created: 7/18/23
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Water scarcity: 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.
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Scope note
- Levels can be measured as water scarcity (absolute), and water scarcity (chronic). (en)
In other languages
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نقص المياه
Created: 2019-11-12T14:12:47.257+01:00
Arabic
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水资源短缺
Created: 2021-01-29T12:16:55
Chinese
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水荒
Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
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rareté de l'eau
Created: 2023-07-18T11:40:20
French
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insuffisance d'eau
Created: 2019-11-12T14:13:19.967+01:00
Last modified: 2021-05-24T17:34:42Z
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pénurie d'eau
Created: 1996-08-27T00:00:00Z
Last modified: 2021-05-24T17:34:42Z
Notation: 35353
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Wasserknappheit
Created: 1997-06-16T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
German
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जल दुर्लभता
Created: 1996-08-27T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Hindi
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vízhiány
Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Hungarian
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Scarsità di acqua
Created: 2007-04-13T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Italian
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水不足
Created: 2005-08-09T00:00:00Z
Last modified: 2019-08-28T18:08:35.346+02:00
Notation: 35353
Japanese
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水欠乏
Created: 2019-08-28T18:08:52.465+02:00
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ການຂາດນ້ຳ
Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Lao
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vannmangel
Created: 2020-01-07T16:29:18.05+01:00
Norwegian Bokmål
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كمبود آب
Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Persian
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Niedobór wody
Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Polish
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escassez de água
Created: 1998-08-04T00:00:00Z
Last modified: 2021-06-16T21:24:42Z
Notation: 35353
Portuguese
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escassez de água
Created: 2021-09-29T20:35:42Z
Portuguese (Brazil)
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penurie de apă
Created: 2020-07-24T13:01:17.364+02:00
Romanian
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insuficiență de apă
Created: 2020-07-24T13:02:16.822+02:00
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недостаток воды
Created: 2009-04-29T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8317
Russian
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nedostatok vody
Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Slovak
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Escasez de agua
Created: 1996-08-27T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Spanish
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uhaba wa maji
Created: 2022-10-27T14:22:42Z
Swahili
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ความขาดแคลนน้ำ
Created: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z
Notation: 35353
Thai
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su kıtlığı
Created: 2021-03-26T13:24:55
Last modified: 2023-08-21T15:24:47
Turkish