water scarcity

when water demand exceeds available resources
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Summary

water scarcity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,156 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • water scarcity is a type of scarcity[2].
  • water scarcity's Commons category is recorded as Water scarcity[3].
  • water scarcity's has cause is recorded as global warming[4].
  • water scarcity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Water scarcity[5].
  • water scarcity's facet of is recorded as water stress[6].
  • water scarcity's facet of is recorded as water crisis[7].
  • water scarcity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[8].
  • water scarcity's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 6.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals[9].

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Definition and Type

water scarcity is a type of scarcity[2].

Influence

Things named for water scarcity include mizu shōbai[10], an euphemism[11], in Japan[12].

Why It Matters

water scarcity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,156 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for it include mizu shōbai[10], an euphemism[11], in Japan[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . globalgoals.org. Retrieved . globalgoals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q2144359
    Has effect → ['Q43059', 'Q120878478']
    Subclass of → scarcity
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: water scarcity, ссылка на себя / self link"
  2. 7w ago · Valam21 · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → global warming
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has cause: human overpopulation"
  3. 9w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → global warming
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has cause: drought"
  4. 10w ago · ArgamasaRudimentaria · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2Bi5D0
    Subclass of → scarcity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: occurrent"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/water-scarcity
    Svkkl authority id → 0413907-nedostatek-vody
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0413907-nedostatek-vody, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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