Literature Review

Literature Review: Water Shortage is the next global crisis. Water shortage has signifcantly threatened the world on a global scale /signifcantly challenged /is the key danger/biggest threat threat / globally/conronted by the world today Water is an essential part o lie. li e. side ro! drinking" water is used in irrigation" sewage syste!s" ood preparation and transportation. transportation. #he lack o water can have an i!pact on a global scale and already !any countries all over the world su$er ro! water shortage the result being health proble!s"" sanitation and even education. %owever" any people argue that proble!s threats such as global war!ing and overpopulation exist which are i!portant than water shortage. Water shortage can be seen as a global threat or !any reasons. &c'ie ()*+,- states in the article" Why resh water shortages will cause the next great global crisis that all over the world reservo reservoirs irs and a0uiers are drying up. &c'ie urther explains how &iddle 1ast has been hit hardest by water scarcity and there is careless use o water in South sia where groundwater groundwat er has been pu!ped recklessly over the past decade. #his clearly explains so!e o the causes o water shortage around the world. Si!ilarly" 'han ()*+,- lists water scarcity as one o the our biggest threats to the world stating that water is the new oil. ccording ccording to 'han" water crisis has !ade the biggest i!pact on the world population and thereore thereore !ay result in war over resh resh water supplies. #his can result in death as it will a$ect the population. 10ually" in a survey carried by the World 1cono!ic 2oru! (W12- called 3lobal Risks +*th 1dition ()*+,:4-" water crisis is nu!ber one in regards to having the biggest i!pact globally. #his suggests that water shortage is a very i!portant issue and !ust be acknowledged as a global crisis. 5onversely" it is argued that water shortage is not a global threat. ccording ccording to 5arle ()*+,-" the top global threat is cli!ate change. #he article 5li!ate change is the to global threat discusses a survey which shows cli!ate change to be voted as a top global threat by !any countries thus !eaning it could be a bigger concern than water shortage. 2urther!ore" Radord ()**6- explains in #he Water Shortage &yth that at least ninety seven percent o the earth is !ade o salt water which can be desalinated into resh water. water. #his !eans that there is enough water but it needs to be purifed. 'oerth78aer ()**9- supports Radords idea by citing sit 8iswas" president o the #hird Word Water 5entre or Water &anage!ent who clai!s that there is plenty o water but the !ain proble! is actually getting the water to the people. #his suggests that water shortage will not be a proble! i we distribute it e0ually to all countries. etland ()**6- in #he water shortage !yth discusses the water pricing syste! in which he explains that low prices lead to water shortages. #his suggests that water scarcity can be !anaged i we charge higher pricing or water.

&c'ie writes or the guardian and the website was last edited on &arch )*+,. lthough there are no !entions o peer review" the article has been a!ended recently which suggests it is being careully !onitored. &c'ie obtains his acts ro! the ;S 3eological Survey which itsel is a reliable organisation. #he survey 3lobal risks by W12 is in its +*th edition which suggests that inor!ation is regularly being updated. W12 state acts backed by statistical evidence ro! di$erent countries thus reporting acts obn the other hand" 'oerth78aer uses sit 8iswas as a secondary source which !akes it reliable to use as a source or the opposition in !y essay.