increasing scarcity

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandscarcity

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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scarcity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈskeə.sə.ti/us
/ˈsker.sə.t̬i/
a situation in which something is not easy to find ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandscarcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Increasingscarcitymakes it worthwhile for producers to go further into open access forests.
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Due toincreasingscarcityof water at field level, many alternative technologies are now being evaluated.
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Second, such reasoning fails to consider theincreasingscarcityof donor organs.
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It is clear that households respond toincreasingscarcityof fuelwood by using less.
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If this were the case,increasingscarcitywould not appear to be an immediate problem.
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Both community and private plantations have developed responding to theincreasingscarcityof timber.
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Theincreasingscarcityof land and labour drove farmers to diversify into other crops.
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This is particularly visible in the field of the environment where human pressure isincreasingscarcity and generating rivalries between competing users.
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With theincreasingscarcityof donor organs for transplantation, people have been supported for longer periods, extending to months or even years.
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The plight of relatively poor households is another reason to be concerned aboutincreasingscarcityof fuelwood.
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Faced withincreasingscarcityin the present era one solution to reinvigorating cities and regions rests with collective management.
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In the process of urbanisation, the plots of their houses have risen in value because of theincreasingscarcityof urban land.
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Anincreasingscarcityof resources in conjunction with inconsistent political control, and perhaps increasingly dense populations, in addition to culturally specific factors may lead to lineage formation.
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Doesincreasingscarcityof fuelwood cause such a burden on households that it warrants intervention?
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Adaptation to theincreasingscarcityand cost of the most convenient forms of fossil fuel will be a major task for mankind.
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The supply of western technology in all spheres is hampered by theincreasingscarcityof hard currency.
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One of the most serious long-term consequences of climate change is the decrease in fresh water sources and theincreasingscarcityof clean drinking water.
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Unfortunately, a reverse situation is under way nowadays because of huge energy and food price rises which reflect theincreasingscarcityof available resources.
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Thirdly, there is theincreasingscarcityvalue of agricultural land.
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Transport difficulties and theincreasingscarcityof suitable halls are additional factors.
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