Groundwater and the political between the drops: Urban clean water shortage in Java, Indonesia
The big picture of water scarcity in Java, Indonesia provides ample graphs and dramatic pictures of decreasing water quality and trends of more frequent seasonal droughts. This concern has been severe enough for Java to be classified as a region of water shortage since the 1980s in the ‘Global Water Scarcity Atlas’
A Translocal Journey to Three Territories with Mining-Caused Water Problems
Join me on a brief journey to three places across Europe and Central America, all affected by mining and the interventions of extractive industries for decades. Find out what water problems mining has caused and what the different cases have in common!
Scarcity of water governance or water scarcity?
Water shortage is a multifaceted challenge that has long existed in various parts of the world, but its impact has been amplified by recent trends, such as increasing urbanization, agricultural intensification, economic development, population growth, maritime trade, and extreme hydroclimatic changes (He et al., 2021; Kummu et al., 2016).
