Kekurangan air

Kekurangan air berlaku apabila sumber bekalan air tawar tidak mampu memenuhi keperluan penduduk setempat dengan secukupnya. Keadaan ini terzahir melalui kurangnya kepuasan terhadap keperluan diluahkan mengehendaki bekalan air, saingan ekonomi untuk mutu dan kuantiti air, pertelingkahan antara pengguna, kehilangan air bawah tanah yang tiada patah balikya, serta impak negatif terhadap alam sekitar.

Rujukan

Bacaan lanjut
 An International Food Policy Research Institute book about the intersection of water policy, globalization and food security: Ringler, C., Biswas, A., and Cline, S., eds. 2010. Global Change: Impacts on Water and Food Security. Heidelberg: Springer.

Pautan luar

 The World Bank's work and publications on water resources
 BBC News World Water Crisis Maps
 Water Crisis Information Guide – From Middletown Thrall Library. Subjects include drinking water, government information, international challenges and efforts, global water issues, oceanography, sea levels, desalination, water scarcity, pollution and contaminants, conservation and recycling, news and special reports, and library catalog subject headings for further research.

Kategori: Futurologi
Kategori: Alam sekitar semula jadi global
Kategori: Bekalan air