| | The Population Explosion: Causes and Consequences by Carolyn Kinder Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute (2012) Until recently‚ birth rates and death rates were about the same‚ keeping the population stable. People had many children‚ but a large number of them died before age five. During the Industrial Revolution‚ a period of history in Europe and North America where there were great advances in science and technology‚ the success in reducing death rates was attributable to several factors
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Effects of Overpopulation Do you know how many people are in Hong Kong? According to Wikipedia‚ nowadays‚ there are almost 7.1 million people in Hong Kong‚ "with an overall density of some 6‚300 people per square kilometre."[1] Therefore‚ Hong Kong is "already one of the most densely populated cities on earth."[2] Large population comes up with overpopulation. Moreover‚ overpopulation brings a number of problems which affect Hong Kong socially‚ environmentally and economically. In the social problem
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Assignment: Effects of overpopulation Even thought the world is witnessing a sustainable improvement in all fields such as science and technology‚ it is still facing several problems that keep blocking it from improvement. One such problem is overpopulation that affects our life in many ways. Overpopulation generates three major effects: economy decline‚ environment downfall‚ and educational system decline. The first major effect of overpopulation is economy decline. When
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Overpopulation has a definite effect on a country’s economy. First of all‚ when countries are overpopulated‚ the hardly have enough food to support themselves‚ never mind the hope of having a surplus to sell. This can contribute to a low GDP per Capita which is effect overpopulation has on the economy. In an attempt to save the people from the starvation‚ the government will most likely have to rely on foreign debt. This puts the country in debt at stretches the government’s already meagre resources
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nation’s economic development. Report disclosed that this will affect the undeveloped countries but also industrialized and developing countries. To begin with‚ the government is facing various problems and constraints to the country’s development cause by abrupt escalation of population. Basically‚ it has to work hard to meet and render the fundamental services for the people. The necessary and basic needs are depreciating in urban areas but limited and inadequate services are provided in rural and
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Effects of overpopulation Each minute‚ the earth’s population is increased by 160 people. Do you know what this means? It means that‚ we are living under the shadow of overpopulation. Different people may have different idea about the limit of global population. But when that point come to us‚ what will happened? Here‚ I will talk about some main causes and effects of the problem of overpopulation. First of all‚ one of the problem is we are living longer‚ and trying to find ways to live longer
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of superstitious practices continues on even through modern time. The attribution of an effect in connection to an irrelevant cause is very telling of the timelessness of human nature and the desire to find meaning and reason behind everything. Because there are occurrences and results that do not always make sense in daily life‚ analytic minds naturally search for patterns in cause and effect‚ as a means to bringing order and explanation out of chaos and unexplainable occurrences. Therefore
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This report aims to find out about the positive effects and negative effects of overpopulation in China . The report will also provide background to the debate ‚ its social significance ‚ identify the parties involved and put forward the differing arguments related to the views held. 2.0 The Issue and background to the debate Overpopulation refers to a country that has more people and human needs exceed resources . As a result of overpopulation ‚ rivalry will be exist among people because they
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Effects of Overpopulation Depletion of Natural Resources: The effects of overpopulation are quite severe. The first of these is the depletion of resources. The Earth can only produce a limited amount of water and food‚ which is falling short of the current needs. Most of the environmental damage being seen in the last fifty odd years is because of the growing number of people on the planet. They are cutting down forests‚ hunting wildlife in a reckless manner‚ causing pollution and creating
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Abstract From recent studies we know that overpopulation do affects our environment.It frequently causes many types of pollution such as water pollution‚air pollution‚land pollution‚noise pollution.In addition‚overpopulation also threat to the biodiversity.To solve this problem‚only a sustainable approach toward conserving what currently exists as natural resources could counteract the detrimental effects of overpopulation on the natural world. Outline
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