Geography GCSE
Water Insecurity
What Water Insecurity means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Water Insecurity
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The state where a population lacks access to sufficient clean water, categorized into physical scarcity (lack of water) and economic scarcity (lack of investment in infrastructure).
When the demand for water is greater than the available supply, or when water quality is too poor to use.
Topics that use Water Insecurity
- Challenges in the human environment (AQA GCSE)
- Management and sustainable use of water resources are required at a range of spatial scales from local to international (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Aquifer
- Deindustrialisation
- Energy Mix and Transition
- Gentrification
- HDI (Human Development Index)
- Megacity
- Post-industrial economy
- Resource Inequality
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