Essays on Overpopulation

Purpose of the essay.

The key purpose of Carle’s essay was to address the rising trend of growth in congestion and population in already overpopulated capital cities. The author uses California as an example but the details apply to almost all towns and cities in America. The author brings along issues of environmental degradation, inflation from housing rates, poverty and overexploitation of natural resources (Maasik and Solomon, 2004). These issues bring along a risk of crime, pollution, racism, and house and traffic congestion. There is a risk of increased rates of accidents, health disorders, declined levels of lifestyle and poverty associated with these issues. ...

Spending on pro-environmental behavior has more benefits to a healthy living and survival of human beings. Protecting the environment is equivalent to protecting and supporting the life of man in the face of the earth. For instance, in areas where the environment is exhausted, the health of people becomes unhealthy. An environment that is not healthy contributes a quarter of diseases burden across the world, and one-third of these diseases is found among the children. Therefore, advocating environment protection behavior through funding is a critical tool in ensuring that the environment that we live in supports healthy living and it can sustain ...

Urbanization is a process by which a high number of members of a society live in cities as well as the suburbs of cities. On historical bases, urbanization has been linked to is industrialization, which is a global economic element. Urbanization is determined by existence of various factors that may define it as a wise or useless economic move. It is linked to factors such as overpopulation, which define major social needs that must be taken care of as they are results of urbanization (Brown 13). Elements such as pollution, fire hazards, epidemics, poor sanitation, and unemployment are some of the negative effects of ...

With its origin in the ancient times; hunting is still widely practiced all across the world. Some do it for fun, few do it for adventure and now the target is to reduce overpopulation of certain animal species by hunting. But, is this ethical? Hunting is one of those controversial topics that have no possible solution but continue to plague modern society. Human rights activists are totally against hunting. There are several pros and cons of hunting and having researched about all of them, I strongly condemn hunting to be a feasible way for eradication of overpopulated animal species. Humanity ...

Elephant management dilemma refers to the ethical problem of how the humans should act on the overpopulation of the elephants in the wildlife reserves. It is an ethical dilemma proposed by Ian Whyte in which the intervention of the humans is also in questioned. Elephant population is growing due to the management and regulation of the wildlife reserves. However, the growth of the elephant population also increase the dangers for other organisms in the reserves such as the destruction of their habitat especially the woodlands (Wray, 2004). According to Ian Whyte, managing a reserve for biodiversity and managing for ...

If there is one thing that is more dangerous than nuclear wars feared by many, it is overpopulation that can trigger not only wars, but also a variety of other issues. An increase in population puts strain on water and food, as the bigger number of people will require the satisfactions of their basic needs. To distribute sources available on the Earth on a fair basis, people have created social institutions and elaborated codes that regulate the amount of resources people can get, based on their contribution to social welfare and social usefulness. In other words, people receive financial retribution equivalent ...

The issue of overpopulation has in the recent past turned to be a major threat on the environment and other natural resources. Despite resulting to extinction of natural resources, overpopulation has led to destructive environmental pollution (PRB17). This is especially the case in developing and less developed states. To counter the challenge of overpopulation on environment, community members need to be trained and educated on the important of protecting the environment and other natural resources for the sake of current and future generation. Education on some of the most useful innovation for protect overpopulation can also play a recognisable role in ...

Effects of Overpopulation in Our World Today

Overpopulation occurs when global limited natural resources fail in sustaining its population. The world's population has increased tremendously, and estimates suggest the world population will be six billion by the end of the 21st century and 10 billion by the year 2040 (Jakab, 2008). This expansion creates challenges and this research study seek to address the effects of overpopulation in the world today. Population growth affects natural resources negatively such as water and land. Since natural resources are scarce and limited, overpopulation will strain and drain them with consequences such as the extinction of species. As population increases space ...

Overpopulation occurs when the numbers of organisms exceed the carrying capacity of a habitat. It is of growing concern that the number of humans will grow too large and the earth will be unable to sustain their numbers. Normally, if the carrying capacity is exceeded, death occurs to maintain equilibrium. Humans, however, have devised mechanisms to circumvent the natural processes that would normally control their population levels. For example, the discovery of antibiotics and modern crop control ensure humans can exceed their carrying capacity. It is of increasing concern what implications this will have for planet earth and the survival ...

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Ethical reason that justifies hiring Julie Ethical reasoning which justifies hiring Julie is based on the fact that the lady has great experience in the business. In addition, Julie is willing and able to bring more clients of her own. This means that the sales volume of the business is likely to increase which in turn will result to an increase in the profit margin. Furthermore, Sally describes Julie as the person she has been looking for all along. Actually, the sole aim of the business is always to make profit. However, profit is also determined by the ...

According to the most recent available statistics, the earth’s population has passed 7 million. The debate over the threat posed by overpopulation has raged for decades and the true magnitude of the situation may not be known for some time. However, there have long been observable, measurable consequences to the environment, living space, replenishable food supplies and other basic resources. In Brazil, all of these problems are in evidence to varying degrees, but poverty remains the overriding factor. While it cannot be argued that overpopulation is the cause of myriad social and political problems, in Brazil it is ...

Introduction

Overpopulation has become a global concern. In 1650, the world population stood at only 500 Million. The human beings had only been in existence for a period of a million years. In the next two hundred years the population doubled! Now the people were in the range of 1 Billion. After that the population growth was even more staggering. Within the next 80 years, the population had again doubled to 2 Billion people. It took almost forty years for the population to double again to four Billion. Clearly, the world has to deal with the situation because the resources that the population ...

Demography is one of the most important components of sociological knowledge, both theoretical and empirical. In empirical researches, the demographic component is lex non scripta! Today the main problem of the science of demography and all world community facing with – overpopulation of Earth. The subject of an overpopulation at first glance is rather clear and simple but not everything is so simple, and it is necessary to understand it. Usually, it comes down to several aspects: 1) the lack of space on the planet; 2) lack of resources; 3) lack of food; 4) global warming. However, unfortunately, demographic ...

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Introduction

Food production and consumption are global issues that must not be taken for granted. After all, there is a full understanding of the premise that without mechanisms enabling the proper production and distribution of food, people in different parts of the world will starve to death. Being crucial not only in terms of nutrition but also survival, in its most basic sense, food must undergo production processes that are responsibly undertaken. Ensuring that food is responsibly processed in production does not just ensure the nutrition and survival of people, but also the welfare ...

The link between poverty and overpopulation has caused numerous debates for many years. Arguments have emerged that poverty facilitates population growth. Poor communities have little access to quality education; therefore, they lack the exposure to family planning practices. Overpopulation has been attributed to poverty with the argument that high population growth increases competition for the limited job opportunities and overexploitation of resources. This can be explained further by the neo-Malthusian theory-the available resources on the earth become scarce when the population growth is not controlled. The growth of food production is slightly slower than the growth of population. Population ...

Nowadays the problem of poverty and limited resources becomes more and more urgent. The famous Hardin’s essay, “Lifeboat ethics” covers different aspects of this issue and gives strong but often disputable arguments against helping the poor in the worldwide, international sense. The fact that Earth’s resources are limited is undisputable, and Hardin’s metaphor comparing nations of people to lifeboats floating in the limited space of resources seems very neat. In this situation different ethical and moral problems come into play. The main ethical issue in current situation is helping the poor with the limited helping capacity and ...

[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] The human population of the planet is assessed to have passed the limit of 6 billion individuals. This can be counted as an example of overcoming adversity, because of enhanced medicinal services and decreased baby mortality while growing life compasses. Be that as it may, a typical concern is that as human population keeps on expanding, it will put more strain on nature, on countries' capacity to give, economies to develop, and society to prosper. With a first glance at the world map of population, ...

Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by an RNA virus. It is a very aggressive virus usually resulting in death. The symptoms are sudden, including headache, joint and muscle pain, and fatigue and fever. In more than half of the cases, bleeding from mucous membranes and needle puncture sites occurs. There is no known treatment for the disease and thus, it is a disease of particular global concern (CDC, 2010). Human cases of Ebola have been reported in several African countries including Sudan, Congo, Gabon, Uganda, and the Ivory Coast. The disease is spread readily through blood or mucous from ...

Today, in the beginning of the second decade of the XXI century, humanity is acutely feeling the pressure of the global challenges. These problems remind about them more and more often, and in the future threaten the very existence of life on Earth, which can lead the mankind to major ecological and social disasters. One of the most pressing social problems that mankind if facing is the overpopulation of the planet. The number of people on the planet is growing rapidly. According to scientists, about 35-40 thousand years ago, there were only about one million inhabitants, and by ...

Introduction

The world face numerous challenges ranging from climate change, global warming, outbreak of diseases and food insecurity, to highlight but a few. Every problem the world faces today accrue from overpopulation and overconsumption. The world’s population increases at an alarming rate; an idea that lowers economic development, human dignity coupled with life expectancy and strain natural resources. Initially, the world took more than 122 years and 33 years before attaining a population growth of two and three billion respectively. This is because the world had not attained high economic development as it has today. However, population growth rate increased ...

The modest proposal was written by Swift at a time when the Irish people were suffering due to problems caused by the overpopulation in the region. One of the major probems that the country was facing is poverty whereby there was a big difference between the poor and the rich. People were coming up with various proposals on how the problem of overpopulation would be solved. People were keen to evaluate these proposals so that their problems could be brought to an end.

In the introduction, the proposal introduces the writer of the proposal as a highly qualified individual who had come ...

Introduction

Nature is a matter that is close to human beings’ hearts. This is essentially why there are emerging issues such as Global warming that trend globally. When God created the universe, it was perfect, according to the Bible. The Bible records that human beings valued nature to a great extent. After the curse, however, they had to toil and make a lot of sacrifices; including endangering the environment. There have been a lot of environmental challenges since the beginning and this is essentially why great philosophers such as Karl Marx made constant reference to nature and how human actions had negatively affected the ...

Introduction

It is undisputed that there are problems and risks of having stray cats and dogs in the community. Stray animals affects public health, economy, environment and their own health as well. Furthermore, more serious problems arise as the population of stray cats and dogs increases. Therefore, there is a need for better regulations that could help abate the increasing population of cats and dogs. The issues concerning strays can be ultimately understood by identifying a unique definition of a stray animal. The classification of whether an animal is stray helps the community which animals need attention, provides a universal definition, and identify ...

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Economic Thought

1. Ibn Khaldun in his work The Muqaddimah has as a central organizing principle for society. His concept of Asabiyyah, or social cohesion, refers to the social bonds that form as a result of divisions of labor. Explain how this principle is derived from this “division of labor.” Prolegomena is a book written by North African Muslim historian, Ibn Khaldun in 1377 which records an early view of ...

Introduction

China is the world’s most populous country. Its population comprises roughly 20 percent of the total world population. It is also a close second to the United States in terms of the size of economy and a close third when it comes to military size and even military technology sophistication. Over the past decades, the People’s Republic of China has slowly but surely gained strength to become a regional superpower, both in terms of economic and military benchmarks, especially when the fact that it is still being considered as one of the fastest growing economies not only in Asia but ...

One child policy in China was formulated in 1979 and took effect on the same year. Officially known as the ‘family planning policy’, one child policy requires couples who stay in urban areas to have only one child. This restriction does not, however, extend to persons who live in the rural areas of China. Other exceptions to the one child policy include persons who are from ethnic minorities as well as twins. Recent research indicates that as at 2010, approximately thirty six percent of the Chinese population lived in urban areas and were thus subject to the one child ...

Overpopulation refers to a point where the available and renewable natural resources cannot meet the demand of the population. For an area to be considered as overpopulated, the current human occupants should be causing degradation of the long-term carrying capacity of the area. In a global perspective, overpopulation would imply that the available resources are over-demanded to fit the needs of the society (Sarsby, 2001). Current statistics indicate that the world is already overpopulated, and the available natural resources are being strained. Current solutions and regulations that have been put forward by most governments may seem to work, but this is ...

Research Paper:

Section A: Compare Short Story with Drama Drama is more similar to short stories. In a story, the author extensively describes the events and describes to detail of environment and thinking as well as feeling of the individual characters. In Drama, ‘emotions or thinking’ and ‘environment’ of the characters are not ‘narrated’ but rather, ‘presented’ (Barnet, Berman, Burto, 1993). In this case, environment is presented on stage design and thinking or emotions of the individual characters are presented at the background music while at the same time observing facial expressions of actors (that is, characters). Short stories proceed in ...

Degrading Nature: Rising Sea level in Caribbean Sea

Lately, rising sea level is among the contentious environmental issues and has become more challenging in environmentalism. Rising sea level has various impacts on both the natural environment and human populations, more especially those living on islands and the coastal regions. It is estimated that the sea level rose by about 1.8 yearly in 1950-2010, and this rate keep on increasing with time. There are a number of factors that are associated with the rising sea level. The Caribbean sea-level rise serves as a good illustration of how the sea-level rise is an environmental challenge (Gallagher, 2006). This paper seeks to ...

The world is currently facing numerous environmental challenges that are threatening the lives of humans and other living organisms on earth. Various movements and efforts have been started by government-and non-government organizations around the globe to either to mitigate these challenges or at least lessen their impact to humanity. Addressing these concerns is very important because everybody is affected by these problems. It is not only the country directly hit by these challenges.

The biggest problem among these challenges is the global warming and climate change. This phenomenon is a result of the activities of human that leads to ...

Management in Nigeria

In today's aggressive business environment, the current economic recession has left numerous organizations shut and some bankrupt, the associations that survived the subsidence are currently attempting to draw their foot over to the norm. These associations have a tendency to build or stretch their business, and the main way this could be effective is for them to move from the exceedingly focused and soaked Western markets and investigate new market and good fortunes. Nigeria's business environment is formal and culturally diverse administration will be more efficient on the off chance that you embrace a formal aura and show regard to the ...

Prisons were introduced in the 1700s as correctional facilities to punish and mould the behavior of lawbreakers. A prison administrator is an individual charged with the responsibility of maintaining order in a prison. Titles such as superintendent, governor, and warden are used in reference to prison administrators. The most important goals of prison administrators are maintaining control over the prison system, offering care, and managing custody of the inmates (Cornelius, 2010). The achievement of these goals, however, depends on factors that affect the administrators. These factors include the problem of overpopulation in the facilities, issues among inmates, and inadequate budget ...

Introduction

The increase of human population is a grave issue that is growing by shocking geometric progression. Each day, about two hundred thousand people die but in the contrary, about four hundred and fifty thousand others are born (Jones, Schoonbroodt & Tertilt, 2011). Indeed, this indicates that there are about two hundred and fifty thousand new people to feed each coming day. However, it is very hard to support infinite population growth on a finite planet; resources are becoming scare with each coming day. In this regard, a debate has come up, which rotates around two basic questions: whether an increased population is bad ...

India: Reforms, Policies, Development

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Abstract India’s economic miracle has always been the point of interests for western researchers. India has become a successful example of a rapidly growing economy due to a number of political, economic, social and industrial reforms. This country has become the world’s leader in hi-tech sphere, producing, supporting and implementing the world’s largest volume of software and hardware. In this report, the structural development patterns are shown during several periods, which brought tremendous shifts in economic, agricultural and industrial sphere making India the global leader in numerous aspects. However, efficient reforms have not solved certain social problems ...

Analysis on the Globalization in China

Globalization is defined as the process of incorporation of the global economy which comes about as a result of exchanged views of ideas and products, free trade, smooth and free transfer of capital across-the-board. Globalization leads to advancement in various sectors of a country’s economy, including its transport and communication sectors, education and sports welfare are some of the areas that could be affected by globalization. Improvement in these sectors enhances interdependence of the cultural and economic activities Al-Rodhan and Nayef (2-3). In 2000, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) described four main factors that cause globalization; they identified them as ...

Abortion is defined as the act of clinically or surgically terminating pregnancy. A clinical abortion involves the use of medication to get rid of a pregnancy while a surgical abortion is carried out in the operating room whereby surgical equipments are used. There are many concerns on whether abortion should be permitted. Some people equate abortion to murder while others are neutral. This has resulted in two schools of thought; pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-choice are those who believe the woman should make a choice. On the contrary, pro-life are who believe abortion to murder. Therefore, it should not be legalized. Consequently, abortion ...

This reform is based some sections of the comprehensive immigration plans that are proposed as per the President Barack Obama. The legislation is yet to be approved. Amnesty that is being imposed by Obama regime as a measure to curb illegal immigration is projected that it will benefit 12-20 million aliens who are undocumented and are at present living in the United States of America. An amnesty basically s meant to forgive their illegal acts related to illegal immigration beside implicitly forgiving other related behaviors such a driving also working with falsified documents. The outcome that arises from amnesty is the ...

Sex education is a contentious issue that emanates from the ideological personal-political divide of sex and sexuality. As a form of state intervention, sex education emanates from policies that encourage schools to include it in their respective curricula. Understandably, sex education in the foregoing regard has cause considerable tensions from various sectors of society, particularly those with conservative ideologies such as religious and certain civil society groups. Yet, in the quest of state actors to pursue certain policy goals such as mitigating overpopulation, reducing cases of rape and sexual harassment, preventing the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases and overcoming other sensitive issues ...

California Department of Correction has been faced with numerous challenges that put a strain on their finances. The state itself has experienced fiscal setbacks, whereas the prisons keep receiving inmates at a high rate, leading to overpopulation. It has been observed that neither the early releases nor parole would solve this crisis. The reason is because most of the inmates who finish their sentence either by being pardoned or other release strategies, tend to come back sooner with other penalties. Funds used to sustain the inmates and maintain the correctional facilities comes from various sources. One of the sources being the ...

Coast Fishery and the West Coast Salmon Fishery

Introduction History has it that the East Coast also known as Northern cod was one of the largest fish hubs in the Northwest Atlantic. The term East Coast Fisheries, arose from the sailors who had found the fishing grounds on the Eastern Coast of Canada. The entire communities greatly relied on fishing for their daily activities (Shield 22). No one ever imagined that the fishing industry would near extinction. Canadians and foreigners who had found great resources, generated a lot of revenue from the exercise, and this led to overfishing. Although Shield (23) believes overfishing was the reason to ...

Introduction

John Hubley was an innovative American animator. He worked for Walt Disney and UPA, but his greatest work is seen as an independent filmmaker. He is one of the rare filmmakers who gave the audiences a glimpse into the lives of those that were often ignored by other animation studios. He was born in1914 in Wisconsin, and into an artistic family. His mother attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and his grandfather was a painter. Growing up, he knew that he would be a painter, and studied painting at the Art Center in Los Angeles, California for three years. Hubley's cartoons ...

Mystery of the Maya civilization

Maya civilization is considered as a mysterious civilization that existed in ancient time. However, the mystery of the Maya is still not undiscovered as no one is sure about the Mayans, their method of living and the the exact reason of the rapid collapse of the Maya civilization. It is believed that the Maya civilization started on 12th August, 3113 B.C., but the archeologists believed that the Maya civilization came into being in 3000 B.C. The Maya civilization, however, disappeared mysteriously in 800 A.D. – 925 A.D. The Mayans lived majorly in the areas, which are now known as Northern Yucatan ...

Introduction

Richard Swift has posed an argument that American politics is suffering from “Weak Democracy.” He further argues that in order for the US to have a “Strong Democracy” then the American people must “Democratize the Economy” and “Democratize Democracy.” There are many supporting evidences that Swift provided to justify such arguments. Nevertheless, this essay while agreeing with Swift that the US is indeed suffering from “weak democracy,” refutes his arguments on how to bring about a “strong democracy.” This essay stands on the argument that the United States of America, its people and its politics are, in fact, examples of “weak democracies.” ...

1. Ecosystems. (10 pts) Provide a review of the process of succession and trends in biodiversity, productivity, and nutrient cycling. Ecological succession refers to the process of gradual change of the ecosystems. This is attributed to the fact that habitats do not remain constant and they keep changing over time. Succession is divided into two; there is primary succession and secondary succession. Primary succession refers to changes which occur on an environment that has never been colonized before, for instance, quarrying on land that has never been quarried before. Secondary succession on the other hand involves environmental disturbance ...

The article entitled “About That Overpopulation Problem”, written by Jeff Wise is a new look on global population issues. Wise uses previous research, data and statistics in order to develop a thesis for his work. Unlike most news about population that has been released in the media, this new view is about how the population of the world is actually declining. Although the world has hit 7 billion human inhabitants around march of 2012, the researcher states that we will face a declining world population in the near coming years, contrary to what other people might think. The world’s human inhabitants ...

During the mid to late 1970s, China faced a big problem: there were too many children being born in the country. In the wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, the entire country was focused on changing the path that China was on. The people in the government were worried that if the population growth continued at the rate that it was going, that China would become immensely overpopulated and would face problems like famine, sickness, and widespread economic downturn. China’s “one child” policy is actually a “family planning” policy according to the Chinese government, as there are certain types of ...

Environmental crisis in china

. China is among the countries that have been directly affected by environmental crisis. This crisis is due to its rapid industrialization and large population which has led to increase in different forms of pollution causing widespread environmental and health problems. One of the major environmental problems facing China is air pollution. Apparently China is the largest contributor of greenhouse gases and pollutes the atmosphere more than she does in energy production. North China is among the most affected regions of China. This is clearly evident as sometimes the people in Beijing have made international headlines for putting on ...

Abstract

Overpopulation of prison systems has led to the need to find alternative means of sentencing the people that are convicted of a crime. There are many variations that are used, but two of the most common are community service orders and probation or parole. In many cases they are combined. Through critical analysis, it shows that there is a lot of benefit, but there are also a lot of problems associated with these two methods. Overall the most effective would be a combination of the two alternative sentencing options. There are continued issues, when it comes to the prison system housing too ...

Comparing Environmental Challenges: Maya Civilization vs. Today

The Maya civilization flourished at a time when the world was still rich in natural resources. However, despite being archaeologically and culturally rich, the Maya civilization collapsed. While there are many theories that point out possible reasons of the collapse, the environment played a huge role in the fall down of a once prosperous civilization. Studies reveal that the Mayans could have probably exploited the environment to the point it could no longer sustain a growing Mayan population. The Mayans depended on agriculture, fishing, and some cattle farming, and naturally, as the area became progressive, the population grew as well. To respond ...

Abstract

Over population has become a major worldwide issue in the past decades. Industrialization and modernization are deemed as major reasons for such anomalous variation. This essay discusses the reasons as to why over population will become a major issue in the future, and presents proof of how the trends like migration, over filling of larger cities and diminishing resources have already began showing signs of what lies in the future ahead.

Introduction

The present population of earth is more than 6 billion people (World Population Review, 2013). They belong to innumerable categories, divided through borders, sects, cultures, societies, and religions. However, there ...

Malthusian Theory of Population

Introduction Ever since it was first presented to public in 1798, the anonymous little tract “Essay on the Principle of Population” has profoundly influenced the peoples’ vision of population and other demographic, economic, and, more recently, environmental issues. Produced by Thomas Robert Malthus in the midst of Victorian England’s Industrial Revolution, the concept outlined an important and fascinating correlation between population growth and what was termed to be ‘subsistence.’ Author’s main argument was that population was expanded at ‘geometrical’ rates, when subsistence was increasing at an ‘arithmetic’ ratio exclusively. Malthus strongly believed the man’s ability ...

This is a city whose territory whose acquisition was made from three entities. It is an island where the British took control over it after a lease agreement of 99 years. The British therefore controlled the city for a term of 99 years as per the terms of the contract. The other new territories combined to form a large network to the extent that it was not separable. This was necessitated by the increase in population. The network was developed with the growth in the infrastructure of the three territories in a large scale as well as other major developments. The new territories were ...

Throughout American history, different ethnic groups have faced different challenges. The Native Americans obviously were treated very differently than the Irish, for example, and the Chinese were particularly singled out for treatment which included banning them from attaining citizenship at all in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. African Americans obviously also suffered greatly, not only during slavery but also after its abolishment, and with even greater difficulties being accepted by white society even to this day given their appearance and a complexion that was impossible to hide. Yet other groups attained wide acceptance, including Germans, English, and Scots. Andrew ...

Economic development is highly characterized by industrialization and overpopulation. Developing nations are more vulnerable when it comes to environmental problems than developed nations. Most of the developers who assist in local growth are foreigners who are less concerned, or ignorant about the effects that their actions have on environment. The end results are that the developing economies achieve their target but are coped with environmental problems, which eventually pull the growth levels down. Development implies use of natural resources like land, water, and air for human activities. This implies deforestation, which has adverse effects on soil fertility, air ...

Explain three world arguments for birth control and two world arguments against birth control

Introduction Birth control can be defined as techniques or tools that are employed to avert pregnancy. The concept has been a major topic for debate in contemporary world. Proponents of birth control give their views to justify the exercise while the opponents strongly suggest the reasons to dismiss the practice. The intent of this paper is therefore to explore at least three arguments for the idea and two arguments that seek to oppose the same.

There have been a number of arguments put forth by various people across the globe to justify and encourage birth control practices. The first world ...

According to Attenborough (2012) food insecurity is a global concern. The number of people who go hungry because they can’t access food is on the rise. The fact that food is not available for many has prompted many scholars to look at the cause of food insecurity. In their findings, some scholars and scientists have established that there is only one major cause of food insecurity, the growing world population. In addition, conservationists and preservationists efforts to bring an end to climate change have blamed the rising population for the increasing global warming. With increased buildings, increased environment clearing ...

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Thomas L. Friedman’s “The Earth Is Full” Part 1: Summary

The article written by Friedman (2011) entitled “The Earth Is Full” and published online in The New York Times presented pressing global concerns that faces the Earth in contemporary times. The main issues addressed to readers of various endeavors emphasized that global environmental crises have begun to increase in frequently and intensity; the natural resources of the Earth are being irresponsibly consumed at significantly faster pace; and that eventually, the Earth could possible not support and sustain life, if no concrete action would be done to address ...

Introduction

Poverty is a major concern in the world today. It is said that about half of the world’s population is poor. There are many definitions of the world basing on the point of view. Humanitarian organizations and the United Nations define poverty as the condition where an individual cannot afford proper basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Other organizations go as far s quoting an amount, for example, a poor person is one whose total daily expenditure is below one U.S. dollar.

There are several major problems that affect poor societies all over the world. This is especially ...

Factors that Contributed to the Present Environmental Crisis

The present environmental crisis occurred due to changes in the population or species which led to destabilization of environment survival. As illustrated by Taylor (1240-1275), one factor that has contributed to the present environmental crisis is the degrading of the environment quality which is no longer able to serve the needs of available species. The cause of environment degradation is less rainfalls experienced in the world and subsequent increases in temperatures. Another factor that has caused the current environmental crisis is increased pressure of predation making the environment unfavorable. In this condition, it becomes hard for populations or ...

Sustainability is a broad concept in the world that is growing consensus. Sustainability is the preservation of certain status and having the capability to always endure. In the 21st century major issues is to create better economy as well as societal well-being with no environmental deterioration and resource depletion. Individuals leaving today should be able to protect, develop, and use resources at a reasonable rate so as to meet their needs and the needs of generations to come. Arguably, controlling of the world’s population is one of the most important ways of achieving sustainability. In the recent past the ...