GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sorosis, Water Scarcity, Everyman
8 Dec 2020
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Uneven pattern not everyone uses equal amounts. More developed nations have a higher consumption of water vs. developing countries indication of how developed a country. Certain parts of the world place more stress on water resources than others. Stress = ratio of how much using vs. how much you have in an area. Occurs when the water demand/usage gets close to exceeds availability. More users are competing for resources and placing pressures on the limited supplies. Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the. More than 1. 2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water demands of water usage within a region. Use to bathe wash their clothes and bury dead people. Wells exhausted, and the deeper they dig for water, the worse the quality. Bad quality water possibly making them ill e. g. o sorosis cause stuff in the bone because of the underground water too much fluoride.
