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    careless actions of destroying all resources‚ killing thousands of other species and eventually see the end of the human race at the hands of overpopulation? According to the author of Population 7 Billion‚ Robert Kunzig‚ “people shouldn’t panic- at least not yet” (1). A fair and stable amount of people is needed to keep the human species from dying off. Overpopulation‚ though‚ could deplete or destroy Earth’s resources such as food‚ water‚ and eventually lead to the breakdown of the ecosystem. With these

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    problem of overpopulation. The reproduction rate in poor countries is much higher than in rich countries. Therefore‚ while population of poor nations is increasing tremendously‚ the ratio of rich nations steadily decreases. Hardin also introduces the concept of “The Tragedy of The Commons’’ and explains it as a negative effect on consumers of common resources around the world. It has already occurred in today’s society and not only polluted our environment but also led to overpopulation. The initiative

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    to where they are able create their own‚ steady‚ supply of food. This would put less demand on Developed countries so that they can center their attention on other pressing matters. Third is to provide an alternative to the overpopulation problems. The problem of overpopulation is a direct issue directed to famine. So what do we do? We’ll we can not spread the population over a vast area because if we do that the famine problem will not be solved. This would just cause less land to grow food and raise

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    The link between population growth and economic development was the subject of intense research from the 1960s to the 1980s. A common view was that rapid population growth – of two percent or higher per year then prevailing in many developing countries – was more likely to hinder than foster economic development. This negative effect operates via reduced child care and human capital investment‚ lower household savings for private and public investments‚ and constraints on allocative efficiency‚ entrepreneurship

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    Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons 2) The Tragedy of the Commons is an economics theory by Garrett Hardin‚ which he believes that the depletion of a shared resource by individuals‚ acting independently and rationally according to each person’s self-interest‚ will affect the group’s long-term interests by depleting what is known as the common resource. This article has evoked a lot of strong emotions in myself mostly fear due to what basically Hardin is telling us is the past affects the future

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    population. There are too few people living in an area to use resources to their full potential. An example of an underpopulated country would be Canada. It does not consume too many resources and has few inhabitants in comparison with its size. b) Overpopulation is the state of a country‚ which has exceeded the number of inhabitants it can sustain (optimum population). In overpopulated countries‚ resources are used unsustainably. For example‚ if everyone lived how the average North American‚ we would

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      Population control is a practice used to control the number of people that inhabit the earth; altering the rate of growth. Generally implemented due to: ◦ Increased poverty levels ◦ Religious reasons ◦ Environmental concerns ◦ Overpopulation   Natural forms of control: ◦ Economic ◦ Environmental ◦ Social How do countries control population growth and why? • China – One Child Policy • India‚ Iran‚ & Singapore – Government sponsored family planning programs • United

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    increasing too rapidly‚ about a third of India’s population is under 14‚ which makes it one of the youngest countries on earth. In India women are expected to reproduce at a young age‚ which could mean barley any of them are educated on birth control. Overpopulation in India is causing various problems. An increasing population living in the area land will use up the limited food‚ and water the country has faster.  Medical conditions are getting worse and diseases are spreading faster. More and more Indians

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    adequate employment 3. Lack of adequate land for cultivation 4. Low per capita income 5. Low Gross National product. 6. Pollution of Atmosphere. 7. Lack of adequate food materials etc are the bad effects of over population. Effects of overpopulation Food Shortage The more people there are‚ the greater amount of food is needed. If there is not enough food to feed people in a specific place‚ then there is food shortage in that place. When people do not get enough food‚ their health is affected

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    been a J-shaped growth. This can also be expressed as an exponential growth. A big question that can only be answered in time is how this population growth will slow down or stop. The planet can only handle so many humans before the effects of overpopulation send the environment into an unrecoverable tailspin of degradation. “The human population reached 6.1 billion in 2000. The United Nations projects that world population for the year 2050 could range from 7.9 billion to 10.9 billion‚ depending

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