over population
OVER POPULATION
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways: Either we decide to manage our own numbers, to avoid a collision of every line on civilization’s graph – or nature will do it for us, in the form of famines, thirst, climate chaos, crashing ecosystems, opportunistic disease and wars over dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size” – Alan Weisman
A striking quote, if I may say so myself. It embraces and implies in one whole thought the problem of a majority of the countries all over the world are currently facing, the same problem our country has; overpopulation.
First and foremost, what exactly does the term “overpopulation” mean? What does it refer to? Can it be stereotyped as something bad or is it actually a good thing? Arbitrarily speaking, like all other things, overpopulation has its pros and cons. According to the Merriam-webster dictionary overpopulation is “the condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life or a population crash” whereas according to Wikipedia, “overpopulation occurs when a population of species exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. It is a function of the number of individuals compared to the relevant resources such as, the water and essential nutrients they need to survive which can result from an increase in births, a decline in mortality rates, an increase in immigration or an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources.” Note that the prefix 'over' applied to other word case scenarios indicate 'more than desirable', this may also be applied to the word overpopulation.
According to Casey B. Mulligan’s article, “The More the Merrier: Population Growth Promotes Innovation” she focuses on the conclusion that population growth should not be controlled in order to combat global warming, and other world
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways: Either we decide to manage our own numbers, to avoid a collision of every line on civilization’s graph – or nature will do it for us, in the form of famines, thirst, climate chaos, crashing ecosystems, opportunistic disease and wars over dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size” – Alan Weisman
A striking quote, if I may say so myself. It embraces and implies in one whole thought the problem of a majority of the countries all over the world are currently facing, the same problem our country has; overpopulation.
First and foremost, what exactly does the term “overpopulation” mean? What does it refer to? Can it be stereotyped as something bad or is it actually a good thing? Arbitrarily speaking, like all other things, overpopulation has its pros and cons. According to the Merriam-webster dictionary overpopulation is “the condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life or a population crash” whereas according to Wikipedia, “overpopulation occurs when a population of species exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. It is a function of the number of individuals compared to the relevant resources such as, the water and essential nutrients they need to survive which can result from an increase in births, a decline in mortality rates, an increase in immigration or an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources.” Note that the prefix 'over' applied to other word case scenarios indicate 'more than desirable', this may also be applied to the word overpopulation.
According to Casey B. Mulligan’s article, “The More the Merrier: Population Growth Promotes Innovation” she focuses on the conclusion that population growth should not be controlled in order to combat global warming, and other world