The Effects of Population Density
The Effects of Population Density Psy 460 September 29, 2011
The Effects of Population Density Population density indicates the population that lives in an area by unit of territorial surface of that zone. Allows us to distinguish which are the areas where there’s a high or a low number of people be contingent of the territory they occupy. This essay will discuss the effect of population density and noise on individuals. In addition there’s a brief description of the concepts of territoriality, privacy and personal space and the importance of these concepts to an individual since population has become denser.
The human population is the total of people living on Earth. A particular amount of the large surface of the Earth has a "production capacity", which limits the increase in human population. Some observers of human societies have proposed the concept of production capacity also applies to the human population, and that uncontrolled population growth can cause a Malthusian catastrophe, however others vehemently oppose to this happening. A possible mathematical model to describe the growth of a population is called exponential in the shape of a logistic curve. However the most disconcerting fact is that according to Veitch & Arkkelin(1995) “in the United states alone, 70 percent of individuals live on only 2 percent of the habitable land” (p.229). Instead of distributing ourselves evenly over the surface of the earth we have lean towards concentrating our numbers into limited geographical areas (Veitch & Arkkelin, 1995) Population concentration has a various of social, psychological and physical effects on individuals due to the population density and noise, among others.
Currently almost half of humanity lives in urban areas. The world is an increasingly urbanized. Urbanization is a universal process quite complex and characteristic of developing countries, which originates in response to deterioration or at least,
The Effects of Population Density Population density indicates the population that lives in an area by unit of territorial surface of that zone. Allows us to distinguish which are the areas where there’s a high or a low number of people be contingent of the territory they occupy. This essay will discuss the effect of population density and noise on individuals. In addition there’s a brief description of the concepts of territoriality, privacy and personal space and the importance of these concepts to an individual since population has become denser.
The human population is the total of people living on Earth. A particular amount of the large surface of the Earth has a "production capacity", which limits the increase in human population. Some observers of human societies have proposed the concept of production capacity also applies to the human population, and that uncontrolled population growth can cause a Malthusian catastrophe, however others vehemently oppose to this happening. A possible mathematical model to describe the growth of a population is called exponential in the shape of a logistic curve. However the most disconcerting fact is that according to Veitch & Arkkelin(1995) “in the United states alone, 70 percent of individuals live on only 2 percent of the habitable land” (p.229). Instead of distributing ourselves evenly over the surface of the earth we have lean towards concentrating our numbers into limited geographical areas (Veitch & Arkkelin, 1995) Population concentration has a various of social, psychological and physical effects on individuals due to the population density and noise, among others.
Currently almost half of humanity lives in urban areas. The world is an increasingly urbanized. Urbanization is a universal process quite complex and characteristic of developing countries, which originates in response to deterioration or at least,
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