The phrase "absolute scarcity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about economics or resource management to describe a situation where a resource is completely unavailable.
Example: "In regions affected by severe drought, absolute scarcity of water can lead to devastating consequences for agriculture and local communities."
Alternatives: "total scarcity" or "complete lack".
Beijing's annual per capita water availability is about 120 cubic metres, about one-fifth of the UN's cut-off line for "absolute scarcity".
Our grandchildren will look upon the present age of so-called abundance as the end of the original human era, during which a terrible and absolute scarcity of time prevailed.
Relative scarcity of energy as reflected in high and volatile prices, as well as absolute scarcity with non-availability, seems to be unavoidable.
Instead of addressing the threat of absolute scarcity of global fossil energy resources in time, national strategies focus on securing their own access to remaining resources.
But it is less the absolute scarcity of water and more the rate of change in water availability that should raise concerns about future transboundary water conflict.
Rainfall has steadily declined over the past decades and international experts warn the country will approach "absolute scarcity" of water by 2025.
Sustainable development is such a strategy, developed in Europe in the 18th century to deal with absolute scarcities; its roots help to understand its current relevance.
Expect a sudden awareness of the water shortage now that Beijing has dropped below the United Nations "absolute water scarcity threshold" and is facing a "more severe water scarcity than some countries in the arid Middle East".
This peak in conventional output is driven both by political and geologic factors, and does not represent absolute geologic scarcity.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations is predicting that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity.
Still, by 2025, 1.8 billion of the word's inhabitants will live in regions with absolute water scarcity, according to UN-Water.
