Question

Which form of scarcity would apply to the following example? A city experiences a period of drought in which rivers and ground water, whales dry up, so there is no freshwater available.
Artificial scarcity
Physical scarcity
Political scarcity
Economic scarcity

Answer 1

The example you provided best fits the category of **physical scarcity**. This occurs when natural resources are limited or depleted due to environmental factors, such as drought in this case, which affects the availability of freshwater.