China is building a dam to generate electricity on a river that flows into India. If reduced river flow from such a project created water scarcity downriver in India, how would that scarcity be categorized?(1 point)

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structural and physical scarcity
structural and physical scarcity

structural scarcity
structural scarcity

neither structural nor physical scarcity
neither structural nor physical scarcity

physical scarcity

Answer 1

If reduced river flow from a dam in China creates water scarcity downriver in India, that scarcity would be categorized as structural scarcity. This is because the water scarcity is significantly influenced by human-made changes, such as the construction of the dam and the governance of water resources, rather than purely by natural limitations.