look further into the area of birth control. Diving deeper into this topic I wanted to see if there were any other articles out there about this topic. I was fortunate enough to find another article from a reputable publication on the topic of overpopulation and sustainability. This article is in question and answer format and was published in The New York Times. "Talk to The Times: Environment Desk" published on Oct 12 included a question about the population problem. It even brought up the fact
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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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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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same planet. I have had those thoughts several times and believe that overpopulation is one of the biggest problems in the world today. Overpopulation has become a major crisis in the twenty-first century and it’s detrimental affect on our living standards‚ environment‚ and much needed resources. The problem is not the number of people in this world‚ but the way people choose to live. The dilemmas created by overpopulation affect people of all races and social status. This is why we as the "human
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Abstract From recent studies we know that overpopulation do affects our environment.It frequently causes many types of pollution such as water pollution‚air pollution‚land pollution‚noise pollution.In addition‚overpopulation also threat to the biodiversity.To solve this problem‚only a sustainable approach toward conserving what currently exists as natural resources could counteract the detrimental effects of overpopulation on the natural world. Outline
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Overpopulation Overpopulation is a generally undesirable 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‚ or smaller geographical areas such as countries. The population has been growing continuously since the end of the Black Death‚ around the year 1400‚ although the most significant increase has been in the last 50 years‚ mainly due to medical
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Overpopulation is Not the Problem As we sailed into the new millennium‚ humans crossed a threshold never before witnessed in our species. We flew past the 6 billion mark in number. This is an impressive figure‚ but not one that we can easily appreciate‚ unless we are Bill Gates or ExxonMobil. Let ’s try to understand how incredibly large this number is. Consider that this article has ~9000 letters. Thus‚ it would take more than 650‚000 copies of it to produce enough letters to
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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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disregard the atmosphere through activities that contribute in polluting the surrounding. In order to prevent and minimize the air pollution‚ it is essential to understand the problems and be involved in problems resolution. [*] Air pollution is considered as one of the world’s major killers according to WHO 2006. [**] It leads to early death of about 7 millions people yearly due to heart and respiratory system diseases
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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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