population is growing a ming boggling rate, we need to make an effort to slow the use of resources so there will be some for our future generations…
China recognized the consequences of their population growth back in the 1950 's and quickly implemented a policy aimed at stemming the population growth curve. This policy was named the ONE CHILD POLICY. It stated that for every couple only a single child was permitted. It was distasteful for a majority of the population due to cultural reasons and without the proper enforcement was ineffective with most Chinese neglecting to obey the new laws. This was countered by the government with some changes to the policy and the implementation of an enforcement and education scheme. The main change that was included into the policy was the ability for rural families to have two children instead of just the one which was retained for urban areas. This gave them a greater chance of having a male and also for the need to sustain a large workforce farming the land supplying China with agricultural produce. The government 's enforcement strategy was too create enforcement officers that would be allocated a region for which they where responsible in enforcing the policy. Extremely harsh penalties where implemented and an education system was set up to try and educate the population in safe sex with the open availability and distribution of contraception. They also set a propaganda machine into action advertising the benefits of having a small family including a better lifestyle and accommodation. The policy has been extremely effective to this point and has slowed down the countries population growth curve considerably and in the near future the government hopes to have a totally stable population.…
To begin with, the earth’s population is growing at a fast rate that we cannot handle. Overpopulation plus overuse of resources equals a funeral for the earth in the very near future. By the time we get to “2050, human beings could devour an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year – three times the current consumption…
With today’s rising population around the world, we have been exhausting our limited natural resources, if we do not learn to conserve all the limited natural resources, we will have nothing left for our future generations.…
Firstly, a country’s poverty level is affected by overpopulation and can depend on the population density and its agricultural ability. For example, in Bangladesh, there is the one of the highest population densities, 2,791 persons per square mile. The majority of people living in Bangladesh partake in low productivity manual farming which contributes to its high level of poverty. Comparatively, in Western Europe, countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands also have high population densities but use mechanised farming and high-tech industries which is one reason why they have a high standard of living. On the other hand, many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa have very low population densities, 80 persons per square mile. Here they use manual subsistence farming, in an area where the land is infertile and they have a lack of resources in terms of technology to boost its productivity. Hence, these areas are very poor. Similarly, the US has a low population density but a high agricultural productivity and is one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Additionally, in developing countries, high birth rates further contribute to overpopulation. Children are considered assets as they provide labour for farming families. Furthermore, governments of developing countries provide little for family planning or the use and availability of birth control. This causes poverty because there are more people…
China began its one child policy in 1979 by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. The policy’s purpose was to monitor and limit the booming population’s growth. This policy began as a “temporary measure,” that once stabilization took place, the policy would ease up on its strictness and its tight grip on the people. And yet still today parts of China continue this policy. This policy allows only one child per couple. Law enforcers made sure that women who attempted a second pregnancy were fined, punished, and pressured to abort and then sterilize. The lesser population could very well mean that there are more resources left for those alive, but less workers to produce these products in the long run. Although the standard of living would increase because of a lesser population, the restrictions are strict, inhumane, cruel, unnecessary, unlawful, and other nations should not adopt this technique.…
This, however, proved not to be the case, as the one child policy barely affected the decline of the country’s fertility rate. “Even before its inception, the one child policy was questioned for its necessity and its enormous social costs. . .China’s one child policy may have hastened a fertility decline that was already well in progress, but it is not the main force accounting for China’s low fertility rate today. . .Most of China’s fertility decline occurred prior to the one child policy” (Document B). In this quote, authors Feng Wang and Cai Yong explain how the fertility rate had already been remarkably reduced prior to the policy being enforced. Fertility rates weren’t the only issue after the one-child policy was introduced, though. “To enforce a policy that is so extreme and unpopular for families who relied on children for labor and old age support, physical abuses and violence would be inevitable” (Document B). This excerpt relays the central message critics around the world were trying to convey when the idea of implementing a one child policy initially came up, and how they foresaw the potential consequences that would arise after the policy was put into…
Population growth is one of the major environmental issues today. Some people argue, that rapidly growing population is not only problem and humans will not destroy life-support system on which we all depend. Contrary some argue that growing population is a key driver factor of environmental destruction. The purpose of this research project is to explain the main arguments of both sides and to recommend possible action in order to face with most important problems. Many countries see contradictory the problem of population growth. Those country with relatively low population growth but high rates of consumption said that the population is a main problem. On the other hand countries with low level of consumption but high birth rates said that the consumption is a main problem. http://priven.com/popsprawl.html This debate is one of the main issues in modern view of environment, so which policy we should apply? Should we try to reduce population growth or consumption, or perhaps both?…
A global challenge of increased population is the ability to improve living standards and sustain resources without destroying the environment. Natural resources like water shortages, soil exhaustion, air and water pollution, deforestation and the degradation of the coastlines is affecting many areas of the world. Additionally, a challenge around the world is the way populations are distributed. Many areas that are ideal living areas become more densely populated and contribute to depleting the resources in those areas. Many developed economies are consuming resources faster than the resources can be replenished. The rapid population growth of areas around the world makes a need to improve living standards and to replenish the depleted natural…
When we think about China the things that click in our heads are most probably the great blend of history, culture, and modernity, as well as the gleaming sky scrapers, thousands of factories and their recent economic boom. Along with that, a really memorable thing is that today, China 's population is 1,343,239,923 (according to CIA World Factbook), making it the largest of any country in the world. The size of china’s population is both the country 's greatest weakness and strength. China is one of the few contemporary countries whose National Government implemented an antinatalist policy. The so-called ‘’One-Child policy’’ is brutally simple: have one child or face the consequences.…
The Earth’s natural resources are already being consumed at an unsustainable rate. Many of these resources are required to support world health and human life (Donnatelle, 2010). Human population is expected to increase dramatically over the next decade. This, alone, is the greatest threat to life on our planet.…
China’s population surge during the second half of the 20th century was largely man-made. It had put China’s policymakers a pressure to slow down the rapid increase in a huge population as it was a development burden for the country. Going into effect since 1981, the One-child policy refers to the one-child limitation on most families in the population control of the People’s Republic of China.[1] This law is strictly enforced in urban areas but more relaxed in rural areas, especially when the first baby happens to be a girl.[2] Over its first twenty years, the rule has been estimated to have reduced population growth in the country of 1.3 billion by as much as 300 million people.[3]…
The world’s rapid population growth and rising standards of living are beyond the Earth’s carrying capacity. The planet has a finite amount of natural resources, which are being rapidly depleted at an unsustainable rate. Earth is responding with a breakdown in its ability to…
In the year 1979, China was suffering a severe increase in population, and because of this Deng Xiaoping (leader of the communist party of China) introduced China to an anti-natalist policy called the ‘One Child’ policy. An anti-natalist policy aims to decrease the crude birth rate and the total fertility rate in a country in order to slow the population growth . This policy generated many social and economical impacts and in this essay I will talk about the social advantages of the policy, the social disadvantages, the economical advantages and finally the economical disadvantages.…
Nowadays, the world tends to be smaller due to rapidly development of advance technologies which provide convenience life to mankind. People seem to focus more on improving their living standard while ignoring their quality of life and environmental well being. More people just realized the problems in this last decade because the problems become more and more important. We consumed vast of un-renewable energy and natural resources such as fossil fuel for the former, and water and forest for the later. Consuming the resources from industries and individuals caused pollution. Also, these resources are limited supply which means that they will be gone in near future, if we do not find any strategies to preserve the resources. Therefore, we have to work more on how to utilize the limited resources efficiently and also find some other alternative renewable natural resources in order to harness the sources along with energy effectively.…