Nina Bouteldja The Overpopulation in China Research Methods John Abbot College This literature review discusses the impacts of overpopulation on the environment in China through four main studies. Each study directed its research on one consequence: the water issue and the aquatic ecosystem‚ the overexploitation of land and resources as well as the extinction of green land‚ climate change‚ GHG emission and desertification of land1. Several methods and sources
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The Environmental Issue of Overpopulation Jakira West June 10‚ 2012 The Environmental Issue of Overpopulation As time passes and our world’s population continues to grow‚ overpopulation is becoming a very serious issue deserving of the upmost acknowledgement and consideration. Throughout history crowding of the earth and the overuse of the world’s natural resources has hardly been a main concern. Today however‚ with a population of 7 billion people and counting‚ the diminishment of the
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Sociology 103 Research Project April 25‚ 2011 Overpopulation as a Social Problem In our world today‚ there are shocking numbers. For example‚ 3 people are born every second‚ 170 people are born every minute‚ 10‚000 people are born every hour‚ and 240‚000 people are born every day (Heyword‚ n.d.). The world’s population is currently approximately 6.9 billion people‚ yet the sustainable population level based on available resources is approximately 2-3 billion people‚ based on a European standard
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grows by about 3000.” (www.overpopulation.org‚ 2013). This shows that humans give huge amounts of ignorance concerning the overpopulation issue. Overpopulation causes negative impacts such as on the population’s health‚ education‚ unemployment and towards the world’s global environment. The first problem that overpopulation causes is health of the population. Overpopulation means more children in one family‚ and when each family has more than 2 children‚ this means greater amount of food is required
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Overpopulation is a term used for situation where human population numbers exceed the earth’s capacity which aggravates the environmental deterioration‚ weakening of the superiority of life. To see if the population growth will be a threat in the future‚ Demographic Transition Model must be used to see where the countries are placed on the model. This can be done by measuring the countries birth and death rates. Impacts caused by human population on the environment have been severe. Impacts include
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Daniel Lopez Mrs. Bright Honors English Overpopulation: The Big Problem Population isn ’t really a big deal if you live in a small town (e.g. Reno)‚ and it may not be of much importance in big cities (e.g. Las Vegas). By the time you have finished reading this proposal‚ the world would have already earned around 850 more lives‚ and by consequence ruined around 480 acres of wildlife. These seem like pretty hefty figures‚ but this is an accurate representation of how we are subconsciously multiplying
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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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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. TYPES OF POLLUTION Water Pollution As the name suggests‚ “Water Pollution” is the type of pollution that involves the contamination of various water bodies. Various aquatic creatures
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Pollution‚ we hear it every other day at school‚ college and read about it in newspapers. So what is it? Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollution occurs in different forms; air‚ water‚ soil‚ radioactive‚ noise‚ heat/ thermal and light. Every form of pollution has two sources of occurrence; the point and the non-point sources. The point sources are easy to identify‚ monitor and control
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Water Pollution: Causes‚ Effects‚ and Prevention What would you say the most valuable thing on earth is? Many people would quickly answer that something with monetary value‚ like oil or gold‚ would be the most valuable thing on earth. However‚ humans are able to live‚ and have lived‚ without utilizing these things for many years. There is a thing that every living being‚ creature‚ and plant on earth could not survive without. It is one of our most basic needs‚ and yet we take it for granted so
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