Open AccessCurrent status of drinking water sources in the world
Author(s) -
Peter Čajka,
Tomáš Swiatlowski
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta scientifica academiae ostroviensis. sectio a, nauki humanistyczne, społeczne i techniczne.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2300-1739
DOI - 10.33674/acta_1720182
Subject(s) - pessimism , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , position (finance) , political science , dimension (graph theory) , development economics , geography , natural resource economics , environmental planning , psychology , business , economics , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , epistemology , algorithm , finance , computer science , pure mathematics
Questions regarding the water havea specific position in the context of environmental challenges. The possibility of escalatingtensions between individuals, social groups,states or groups of states may even be higherfor water-related issues than with otherenvironmental problems. According to manypessimistic forecasts in the course of the 21stcentury water conflicts occur, which can havetragic consequences. Even though such conflicts have not yet reached a significant regional or global dimension, the risk of such aconflict cannot be ruled out. The aim of theresearch is to identify other potential riskareas where the water situation will mostlikely worsen, which may result in a threat ofviolence, conflict. At the same time, we werecomparing the state of renewable waterresources in individual countries of the world..