The Last Taboo What unites the Vatican‚ lefties‚ conservatives‚ environmentalists‚ and scientists in a conspiracy of silence? It’s midnight on the streets of Calcutta. Old women cook over open fires on the sidewalks. Men wait in line at municipal hand pumps to lather skin‚ hair‚ and lungis (skirts)‚ bathing without undressing. Girls sit in the open beds of bicycle-powered trucks‚ braiding their hair. The monsoon’s not yet over‚ and grandfathers under umbrellas squat on their
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population? Population is all organisms that both belong to the same species and live in the same geographical area. The Webster Dictionary defined population as the total number of persons inhabiting in a country‚ city or any district or area. Overpopulation is the most crucial issue in the Philippines. Many people suffer from poverty‚ hunger and slackness due to some conflicts the government cannot sustain the primary needs of its people‚ as the issue concerns the government still finding a adequate
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Ecology on the subjects of resource in western civilization. Dr. Hardin was born in the early 1900’s and lived until 2003. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology and a PHD in Microbiology‚ Dr. Hardin was known for his brutally honest thoughts on human overpopulation. Some of his writings were considered inhumane which made him widely be criticized. (Wikipedia.) In his article “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor‚” using real world examples and lifeboat metaphor‚ Dr. Hardin strongly warned to
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day unaware that they are possibly causing extinction. Hardin also presents that there is a tragedy of the freedom to breed. He explains that it is intolerable because people will continue to have many children for their own interest‚ causing overpopulation. Hardin begins the article by stating there are problems that exist but lack technical solutions. He goes on to claim that one example is the “population problem” and that our growing human population‚ with each individual trying to maximize
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The impact of population to the country A lot of studies suggest that population has a direct impact to the economy of a country. More specifically‚ several papers came out highlighting that the Philippines is already overpopulated and this is causing the economic woes of the country. A Policy Brief by the Philippine Center for Population and Development in 2010 categorically stated that “The rapid population growth in the Philippines over the last several decades has hindered the country’s economic
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Effects of Food Scarcity “Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?” by Lester R. Brown Article Summary “Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?” is a somewhat absurd but well written article. Lester R. Brown‚ the author‚ does a prodigious public favor in trying to wake the human race up to three facts: we must stop using hydrocarbons for transportation‚ burning coal for electricity‚ and stabilize the population which is predicted to rise quickly. It is a clear and dramatic statement
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the Effects of China’s Large Population With the rapid development of science and technology‚ population and development have further become important issues‚ which are the general subjects of international community. By the end of 2008‚ China has reached a population of almost 1.35billion (excluding the population of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan Province)‚ accounting for about 21% of the world’s population. China has the largest and one of the densest population
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forests with methods such as burning trees down will lead to air pollution. Deforestation is beneficial to humans because it creates more areas for the creation of settlements. Rapidly growing populations require more space to live in‚ to prevent overpopulation. New settlements (i.e. housing and social facilities) can be built upon empty‚ open spaces created through the clearing of previously forested (and uninhabitable) areas. People can move into these new settlements‚ instead of overpopulated and
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taxpayer’s money is spent on trying to keep the effects of overcrowding under control. More housing is built‚ more roads are planned. This tactic might alleviate some systematic problems at high cost. However‚ it will never solve the problem of overpopulation. For this reason‚ we must look to the cause of the problem‚ which is simply an unchecked epidemic of people. Thus‚ governments must educate people to limit the size of their family. In China‚ couples are
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OF THOMAS MALTHUS AND ESTER BOSERUP’S THEORIES Blessings Chiepa Human population is a key driver in any given economy because it is a source of labour which pushes all economic responsibilities. The theme of population and more specifically‚ overpopulation has been in the popular mind for the last thirty years or more. Schools‚ governments‚ international legislative bodies‚ interest groups and the media have all but insured that the public sees the issue of population as a problem‚ and increasingly
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