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    One main factor of the economic development and stability of a country are their population growth. If a country has concerns about their population growth and its effect on political stability‚ resources available‚ dependency ratio and economic impact‚ then the country’s government will either try and increase the population growth by enforcing a pro-natalist policy or try to decrease the growth by enforcing an anti-natalist policy. A pro-natalist policy encourages the bearing of children to increase

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    Garrett Hardin first wrote “The Tragedy of the Commons”‚ and was published in his Journal in 1968‚ and it is one of the big issue World today face. He has mention tragedy of Common as exploitation of human on the environment without accounting externalities. He has given example on four herdsmen. It generally takes place from agriculture revolution and it proceeding even in post-industrial revolution whereby Hardin have concern on it. This means that common take more advantage from common resources

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    At present‚ Earth is experiencing the largest extinction to date‚ triggered by the increase of human activity in recent decades‚ which has been made inexorable succeeding population growth‚ making demands for food and fuel greater than ever. This has led to habitat loss‚ climate change‚ overexploitation‚ pollution and invasive alien species. Biodiversity loss is responsible for destabilizing ecosystems because it weakens their natural cycles‚ reducing the ecosystem’s productivity. It has impacted

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    POPULATION EXPLOSION SPEECH With the advancement of technology even some control has been made on natural calamities. Through all these measures though death rate has decreased but birth rate has not appreciably decreased. Thus‚ it will be seen that it is the high birth rate as compared to low death rate‚ which is the main cause of population explosion in India. In under-developed and developing countries the cost of living is increasing day by day. For an average person it has become extremely

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    Overpopulation in the Prison System Overpopulation in the Prison System has been a growing concern in society. An explanation for this is the rise in crime over the past years. As the crime rate increases so do the amount of convictions‚ which leads to more incarcerations and overpopulation in the Prison System. The cause for the increase in crime over recent years has been partly attributed to the disappearance of jobs. Many people have been victims in the struggle to find jobs. When faced with

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    allowing for a deeper integration of the reader into the given context. With several fonts of information embedded in this article from TIMES magazine‚ Olivia Waxman articulates the momentum in which American society is tuning on the issue of overpopulation. The consensus is‚ again‚ the need to control the birthrate‚ thus diminishing (or try to) population growth. One of the sources the author uses is Stanford entomologist Paul Ehrlich who argues that “it was time for a population-control movement

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    Overpopulation in Cairo By Grant Lindgren‚ Daniel Jarosz‚ Ryan Petritis‚ Isaiah Carrington The problem in Cairo • Cairo‚ Egypt is completely overpopulated. People have to live in cemeteries from lack of housing. This causes a problem because of the close proximity‚ it is easier to catch and spread diseases and can lead to food shortages. The overpopulation is caused by 99% of Egypt being a desert and impossible to live in. This also causes a problem for the environment because the population

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    2011‚ just a period of 12 years‚ and the growth rate is still ever increasing. We must slow the increase of our planet’s population before our resources become scarce and our quality of life decreases drastically. We must solve the problem of overpopulation before we‚ the human race‚ reach our carrying capacity.  Our population is believed to currently be over seven billion people! That is seven billion people sharing the same planet as us and relying on the same resources as we do. When we reach

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    Overpopulation of Animals in Animal Shelters Overpopulation of Animals in Animal Shelters Tonia Lavine Rogue Community College Over Population of Animals in Animal Shelters Millions of companion animals are being euthanized by animal shelters each year nationwide. One might ask why this is. Is there any one person or persons that is responsible for the over population of animals going to our local shelters? These are all questions that need to be answered. If we as the general public want

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    Possible Overpopulation Solutions The human population growth of the last century is tremendous. It required only forty years after 1950 for the population to double from 2.5 billion to 5 billion. The factors affecting global human population are very simple. They’re fertility‚ mortality‚ initial population and time. India‚ China and USA are the top countries that are currently in crisis because of overpopulation. Many of our basic resources are strained such as‚ food; one out of every seven

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