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1、population growth, water shortagesthe world's population, at nearly 6 billion, is growing by about 80 million people each year. this number implies an increased demand for freshwater of about 64 billion cubic meters a yearan amount equivalent to the entire annual flow rate of the rhine river. wh
2、ile population growth rates have slowed somewhat, the absolute number of people added to the population each yearthe relevant figure when considering the availability of and need for freshwaterremains near historic highs. for example, because nearly 2 billion people have been added to the planet sin
3、ce 1970, per capita availability of water is one-third lower now than it was then. china and india, the world's first and second most populous countries, provide examples of how even modest population growth rates translate into large absolute numbers when the population base is large. in china
4、the population growth rate is about 1% per year, estimated in 1998. nevertheless, because china's population is over 1.2 billion people, even a low population growth rate means 12 million additional people each year. india's population growth rate, which is substantially higher than china
5、9;s, at about 1.9% per year, means about 18 million people added each year to india's current population of about 970 million. in the two regions of the world that already face the most serious absolute or seasonal shortages of waterafrica and the near eastpopulation growth rates remain among th
6、e highest in the world. in sub-saharan africa population is growing by an average 2.6% a year; in the near east and north africa, by 2.2%. these population growth rates have ominous implications for per capita water supply in the countries of these regions. water stress and scarcity. as their popula
7、tions grow, more and more countries are facing water shortages. a country is said to experience water stress when annual water supplies drop below 1,700 cubic meters per person. at levels between 1,700 and 1,000 cubic meters per person, periodic or limited water shortages can be expected. when annua
8、l water supplies drop below 1,000 cubic meters per person, the country faces water scarcity. once a country experiences water scarcity, it can expect chronic shortages of freshwater that threaten food production, hinder economic development, and damage ecosystems. malin falkenmark developed the conc
9、epts of water stress and water scarcity based on an index of per capita freshwater needs. she estimated a minimum need of 100 liters per day per person for household use and from 5 to 20 times as much for agricultural and industrial uses. these concepts have been widely accepted and used by hydrolog
10、ists, the world bank, and other organizations. for example, population action international (pai) has relied on them to make projections of per capita water availability and to forecast water shortages in 2025 and 2050. calculations of water stress and water scarcity are based on estimates of a coun
11、try's renewable freshwater supplies and do not include water withdrawn from fossil groundwater. fossil groundwater is essentially a nonrenewable resource: it takes tens of thousands of years for these deep aquifers to replenish themselves. a country may temporarily avoid the effects of water str
12、ess by mining its nonrenewable water supplies, but this practice is not sustainable, particularly if the population continues to grow rapidly and per capita demand for freshwater increases. as of 1995, 31 countries, with a combined population of over 458 million, faced either water stress or water scarcity. this represents an addition of only 3 countries since 1990, when 28 countries, with a combined population of 335 million faced chronic water stress or water scarcity. the numb
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