The Causes Of Overpopulation In The World

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It’s a scary thought to think that the day will come when all the food, water and oil in the world isn’t enough for the population to survive on. Of course, that’s already a reality in several overpopulated countries like China and India. Moreover, there are numerous opinions on overpopulation, some say that it can be stopped, while others think that the human species will come extinct due to lack of resources. According to Gilland (2008), overpopulation is sometimes defined as the lands inability to feed its population. This lack of resources can be explained by the social-conflict theory which views overpopulation as not a problem of the number of people, but of the way resources are distributed around the world. The world’s rate of population growth is 1.2%, which means that the population will double its size to 14 billion in 58 years Pimentel (2012). The greatest concentration of human population can be seen in Africa and Asia. It is believed that about 75% of the world’s population resides within the overpopulated continents. Such as, the people there have accepted a new standard of living; where malnourishment and overcrowded cities are a familiarity.
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Japan, for example, became overpopulated in the 1960’s, but they solved this with economic growth (Gilland, 2008). Japan increased its production of grain, thus developing a way to feed its people and help its economy. Those countries that found a way to the industrial revolution have left the others behind and the poorer nations were made worse because of this. There are still countries that have cultural traditions where families will have more than three children. This used to be a necessity because children would succumb to diseases and malnourishment. But due to the industrial revolution, vaccines have been developed and this has declined the overall death

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