Geography A-Level
Water Security and Geopolitics
What Water Security and Geopolitics means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Water Security and Geopolitics
The role of water as a strategic resource, focusing on transboundary drainage basins and the potential for conflict or cooperation (hydro-politics).
Topics that use Water Security and Geopolitics
- The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Albedo Feedback
- Anthropogenic Modification
- Aquifer
- Clausius-Clapeyron Relationship
- Cryosphere
- Drainage Basin Dynamics
- Eustatic Sea Level Rise
- Eutrophication
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