Examine one cause and one effect of overpopulation referring to examples you have studied. Overpopulation occurs when there are not enough basic resources in an area to support the population. Basic resources include food‚ shelter‚ clean water‚ fuel and farmland. The main cause of overpopulation I will discuss is: High birth rates with the effect lack of food I will base my answer on the studied region of Sudan‚ Africa Cause: High birth rates Overpopulation has occurred in Sudan because of high
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Overpopulation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Graph of human population from 10‚000 BCE–2000 CE showing the immense population growth‚ since the 19th century. Overpopulation is a condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. The term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment‚ the Earth.[1] Steve Jones‚ head of the biology department at University College London‚ has said‚ "Humans are 10‚000 times more common
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PRELIMINARY REPORT # 2 OVERPOPULATION IN THE PHILIPPINES I. Identify the problem Overpopulation is a generally undesirable condition where an organism ’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. Overpopulation can result from an increase in births‚ a decline in mortality rates‚ an increase in immigration‚ or an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources. (Wikipedia) II. Why is it a problem? It’s a problem because the people are suffering and forced to live in
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It is a well-known fact that overpopulation has become a crucial case all over the world. Many researches have been done about results of population growth so far and they bring questions in their wake such as “What are the effects of overpopulation to sustainable resources and how to prevent from its results to the future?” Researchers consider about the main needs of people because population growth is an unignarable case for many years. Although‚ natural resources would be used for several decades
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growth rate. Along with overpopulation comes a host of problems. The Earth will not be able to continue to sustain an ever increasing population. Imagine what it will be like if the population density is so high that we only have standing room left! There is a limit to the adequate supply of nutritious food that families can partake of to maintain good health. Water is a precious commodity which will run dry if the population grows unchecked. With overpopulation come the demand for more housing
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Hao Wu English 115 1058 words 26th Nov 2010 Food Resources with Overpopulation Human population has grown very faster than the last century; there are about more than 5 billion people on our planet now and a projected population of over 10 billion by 2100‚ Overpopulation is becoming one of the most important problems which human civilization should face to. There also have another issues with the population is food sources. This two global issues facing the world’s population today and in
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Proclamations of overpopulation have circulated for decades. Are they true? First off‚ what is meant by the word “overpopulation”? It has nothing to do with the amount of people but rather to the resources and the capacity of the environment to sustain human activities. To be overpopulated‚ a nation must have insufficient food‚ resources and living space. With the world population at around 6.8 billion last year‚ food and living space are hardly a concern. In 1990‚ it was estimated that the world
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Overpopulation in China Taking into consideration China’s robust economic growth over the last 20–25 years‚ there is little reservation that China’s has had positive impacts on the economy. Because of the increase of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)‚ China has saved over 400 million people from definite poverty between the years 1979 to 2005 (The State Environmental Protection Administration‚ 2007). Despite this economic growth in urbanization and industrialization‚ there have arisen major concerns
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Before we move on to overpopulation problems‚ we need to know about the various factors that are responsible for this incessant rise in population. Significant improvement in quality of life and basic health services has resulted in decline in death rate‚ and at the same time has caused an increase in the birth rate. Continuous migration of people from underdeveloped areas to developed areas has triggered an unnatural growth in population in developed areas‚ thus‚ putting immense pressure on available
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The World Overpopulation! Is it possible to know that our life is in danger because of a horrible global issue and stay silent??!! By definition‚ overpopulation is a condition where the number of organisms exceeds the carrying capacity of their habitat. The world population has crossed 7 billion and we are going to deal with the adverse effects of this excessive growth. Overpopulation is a serious issue‚ more serious than it seems to be‚ so we must look for some solutions for the reasons of
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