Excessive Population Growth
Threats Associated with Excessive Population Growth
The world population has grown more in the past 50 years than it did during 4 million years of previous human existence. It continues to grow at a rapid pace, showing no signs of stabilizing in the near future. If we consider the fact that the earth has a limited amount of space and a finite number of resources, it is logical to assume that population growth is sustainable only up to a certain point. Most experts are in agreement that the point would be reached very soon. There are numerous negative ramifications of excessive population growth. Some of the more important sociological and environmental threats associated with such excessive population growth are discussed in this paper.
Poverty
There are several factors responsible for poverty, but overpopulation brought about by an excessive population growth rate is one of its leading causes. Poverty is usually the result of high population density (such as in Bangladesh that has a population density of more than 950 persons per sq. km) or low amounts of resources (e.g., sub-Saharan Africa where lack of economic resources, technology and infertile land is unable to support much sparser densities of population). In every country only a certain number of people can be supported on a given area of land, depending on how much food and other resources the land can provide. This is especially true in underdeveloped countries where people live primarily by means of subsistence farming, gardening, herding, hunting, and gathering. (Corbett, Para on "Causes of Poverty") For example, in sub-Saharan Africa even large areas of land can support only small numbers of people. This is in stark contrast to the developed world where mechanized farming and other means of wealth creation enable the sustainability...
Threats of Excessive Population Growth Excessive population growth can pose the most serious long-term threats to the world. The phenomenon often used to go un-noticed or was less emphasized but, it's a well established fact now that our lives are going to get affected more than ever before if population continues to grow at alarming levels. The current surge in population started from 1700s. Before that, during the early 0.5 million
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