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

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

Water scarcity is hitting virtually every major economic center, from North America to Europe, Africa, India, and China.

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

Images of Scarcity

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

Yemen is ranked among the least developed countries, owing to the scarcity of economic resources and opportunities at its disposal.

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

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.

Scarcity in an Age of Plenty

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

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

Long standing issues relating to land property, land scarcity, and the lack of economic alternatives to agricultural activities are important bottlenecks in the economic reinsertion of returning refugees, the majority of whom are of rural origin.

Third, we are entering an era of resource scarcity.

In a world of scarcity, more always seemed better.

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

Women also suffer serious threats to their health as a result of scarcity of food supplies and economic resources, lack of access to land, and disruption of traditional support systems.

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

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

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

6. Recognizes that most transit countries are themselves developing countries often of broadly similar economic structure and beset by similar scarcity of resources, including the lack of adequate transit transport infrastructure

7. Recognizes that most transit countries are themselves developing countries often of broadly similar economic structure and beset by similar scarcity of resources, including the lack of adequate transit transport infrastructure

For it showed that the developed world, at least, was on track to solving the economic problem the problem of scarcity that kept mankind tethered to a burdensome life of toil.

And the economic costs of restricted access to healthcare and education, on top of the scarcity of clear air and potable water, will be crippling in the mid and long term.

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

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

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

Each region, increasingly, must find its own path to economic development, energy and food security, and effective infrastructure, and must do so in a world threatened by climate change and resource scarcity.

Many people appear to believe that upswings in home prices reflect increasing scarcity of land in a world constrained by rapid economic growth and severe resource constraints (symbolized by the fear of global warming).

A further 1.6 billion people live in areas experiencing economic water scarcity, where the lack of investment in water or insufficient human capacity make it impossible for authorities to satisfy the demand for water.

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

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

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

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

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

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

By 2100, one billion to three billion people worldwide are expected to suffer from water scarcity.

But addressing scarcity will inevitably imply revising agricultural practices and policies worldwide to ensure their sustainability.

These challenges petroleum scarcity, growing instability in the Middle East, and climate change require clear thinking.

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

We get droughts, increased desertification, crashing food systems, water scarcity, famine, forced migration, political instability, warfare, crisis.

In making the decision, the Court acknowledged that the State might have to establish different times, degrees and ways of implementing specific rights, bearing in mind the scarcity of resources and the obligation to realize all economic, social and cultural rights.

The increased scarcity of common resources, as well as the erosion of biogenetic diversity and degradation of land, water and other public goods,19 affect the productivity and economic viability of women's work, both in farm and non farm activities.

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

And they will be crucial to forging new cooperative approaches to climate change, water scarcity, and the like.