Ecology and Population Growth University of Phoenix SCI 230 Introduction to Life Science September 30‚ 2010 Ecology and Population Growth The current estimate of the worldwide human population at this moment is approximately 6‚872‚164‚233. Every minute‚ the world ’s human population increases by 176 people. At the beginning of this century‚ earth ’s human population already surpassed 6 billion; at the end of the century‚ it could reach 12 billion (Aliette‚ 2001). The population changes
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The Population Growth Rate in India For many years concern has been voiced over the seemingly unchecked rate of population growth in India‚ but the most recent indications are that some success is being achieved in slowing the rate of population growth. The progress which has been achieved to date is still only of a modest nature and should not serve as premature cause for complacency. Moreover‚ a slowing of the rate of population growth is not incompatible with a dangerous population increase
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Philippine Problem: Population Explosion I. INTRODUCTION What makes the population explosion a problem? This splurge of growth alerts politicians and economists because of the reason that human beings need resources in order to survive. Since there are limited resources‚ there would come a point wherein there would be no more resources to sustain life. The Philippines is one of the most densely populated countries in the world‚ with an estimated 99‚900‚177 number of inhabitants as
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Introduction: Pakistan’s population has increased from 34 million in 1951 to 152 million in mid 2005. The addition of over 116 million Pakistanis in just five decades is due to the high population growth rates in the last thirty years. Continuing high population growth will amount to Pakistan’s population reaching 220 million by the year 2020. Coupled with poor human development indicators such as low: a) Literacy b) high infant mortality c) low economic growth
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Effects of Rapid Population Growth While population growth is at times a beneficial thing for a species‚ there are many factors that define when growth becomes detrimental. When population growth becomes "rapid" there is a great chance that the counter-productive level has been reached. The most accurate index is the balance between population and sustainability. 1. Rapid Growth o Rapid growth is a quick increase in population. The number concerned when calculating the population is the number of
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According to the International Program Center‚ U.S. Census Bureau‚ the total population of the World‚ projected to 03/27/08 at 19:37 GMT (EST+5) is 6‚657‚527‚872. (US Census Bureau) This rapid growth in population means little to most people living in this today’s world but it’s a phenomenon that should be a concern to all. It took from the start of human history to the industrial revolution around 1945 for the population to grow to 2 billion. If we then look at the figures after 1945 then we would
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Population Growth and the Ecological Balance GEO 702: Technology and Contemporary Environment Professor Valentina Capurri Student Name Zohra Mohammad Student Number 500 383 844 Submission Date 05/11/2014 With the rapid growth of population in various areas of the world‚ the global leaders have taken a moment to realize the consequences and the impact this is having on the ecological balance of the earth. While there are several ways in which humans are responsible for the disturbance of ecological
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Prompt 1: In the Population Growth video‚ what was a big factor in population growth? (Think about world events that were occurring.) How does this relate to the other two videos on populations? A big factor represented in the Population Growth video was that we cover up 17% of the earth’s surface and the resources that we have to survive is only 4%. A problem that is in effect is that the population of humans is increasing. The following relates to the other two videos on population by showing the
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The population dramatically decreased prior to the Peasant’s Revolt in 1381; the Black Death alone killed almost 50% of the population in 1349‚ and this was promptly followed by the Grey Death‚ famine‚ and the continuation of the Hundred Years War. It was as a result of this population decline‚ however‚ that the Peasant’s revolt was sparked – although the church also contributed to the outbreak‚ as did the Poll tax and the work of the king‚ Richard II. The dramatic decline in population prior
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the population of the world will continue to grow until the government intervenes. The gross increase in population will generally lead to adverse effects on the environment. In the anthology‚ A Forest of Voices‚ an entry titled "Is It Too Late?" by Anthony Weston deals with the history of legislation for the protection of the environment and stories of it’s destruction that are all too real. Seemingly‚ as the population increases‚ so should the level of intelligence for a sample population which
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