Images of Scarcity

In a world of scarcity, more always seemed better.

Scarcity in an Age of Plenty

During the housing bubble, prices signaled a severe scarcity of houses.

In San'a itself, the scarcity of corn caused a rebellion in 1772.

It was, and is, a superb system for overcoming scarcity.

High prices send a real message about scarcity in a globalizing world.

Third, we are entering an era of resource scarcity.

As a result, new infrastructure would only mitigate the impact of scarcity on richer countries.

Scarcity of parchment required all decision making to be concentrated in a court consisting of a handful of people.

However, water scarcity is already a critical constraint to farming in many parts of the world.

Most of the economic models are built around scarcity and growth.

Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources.

Blurring that distinction thereby disregarding the problem of scarcity is no solution.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

The report defined physical water scarcity, as being where there are insufficient water resources to meet the demands of the population, and economic water scarcity as where water requirements are not satisfied because of a lack of investment in water or human capacity.

Poverty among indigenous populations certainly relates to scarcity of material and economic resources.

In particular, the projected intensification of freshwater scarcity as a result of climate change will cause greater stresses in drylands.

Alternative farming methods have emerged as a response to scarcity of land, water, and economic resources employed in UPA.

In many communities, scarcity of fresh water is a major concern which can be greatly exacerbated by tourism development.

There is a scarcity of employment opportunity in the town, and the food supply in the camp is reportedly inadequate.

AT UNMIL, the scarcity of staff required for receipt and inspection at the mission start up was a major constraint.

Second, water scarcity is seldom absolute, and even less often an explanation of poverty.

One specific result was water scarcity, with once abundant sources of water drying up.

And, because they rely on seawater, they cause no freshwater scarcity.

NEW YORK Many conflicts are caused or inflamed by water scarcity.

Venezuela is a country with the highest inflation rate in the world and the kind of scarcity found in a war torn country.

The population density is very low due to the mountainous terrain and scarcity of water.

We must see environmental problems and energy scarcity for what they are threats to mankind as a whole.

A greater distribution of the means of production, environmentally sound supply chains, and a newly relevant DIY maker culture can hope to transcend artificial scarcity.

A major hindrance to scientific progress is the increasing scarcity of research funding a trend that has been exacerbated by the global economic crisis.

Economic scarcity, meanwhile, is caused by a lack of investment in water or insufficient human capacity to satisfy the demand for water.

Symptoms of economic water scarcity include a lack of infrastructure, with people often having to fetch water from rivers for domestic and agricultural uses.

In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

We seized Pharaoh 's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember .

We seized Pharaoh 's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember .

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), water scarcity would be a major issue in the coming 20 years.

But population density and water scarcity will certainly be inhibiting factors in their exploitation.

Then seized We Pharaoh 's people with years of dearth , and scarcity of fruits , that haply they might remember .

Then seized We Pharaoh 's people with years of dearth , and scarcity of fruits , that haply they might remember .

The situation of public hospitals has worsened during the year, particularly due to the scarcity of resources and services.

When the demand for potatoes at the current price exceeds supply, the price of potatoes rises, signaling scarcity.

As Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange (2002) stated, The water crisis that is affecting so many people is mainly a crisis of governance not of water scarcity.

Given to the scarcity of studies that report the situation of the disabled women in general, effective characterization of these situations in Mozambique becomes a difficult task.

Yet in a new context of scarcity, upstream infrastructure projects on international rivers may impact water quality or availability for neighboring states, thus causing tensions.