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This article situates water deficits within the context of regional famine in Africa. Consideration of the global hydrologic cycle that treats water as a renewable resource is contrasted with local hydrologic cycles that intersect with human activity and regional patterns of climate change. Humans continue to use increasing amounts of water competing with the freshwater systems that are essential for the health and well-being of entire planet. This tenuous situation is further exacerbated by the uncertainties of climate change and the ability of humans to adapt as well as levels of community resilience.
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Laituri, M. (2014). Water Deficits. In: Freedman, B. (eds) Global Environmental Change. Handbook of Global Environmental Pollution, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_32
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