Recently in 2011, the total population of our world reached 7 billion and as of December 2015, our current world population is nearing 7.4 billion (Sullivan 2015). The growth of about 80 million additional that we see today has been going on for decades and current trends predict similar rates for the next couple decades. With such a large increase in human population in a relatively short time period compared to the Earth’s history and humanity’s existence, problems major changes in the environment, availability of resources and the quality of our society have emerged in many cities (Islam et al 2013).
Rapid human expansion has cause an increase in the requirement of the most essential resource on the planet, resulting in the drying up …show more content…
Capitalism is focused on making profits, even on the essentials of life, which results in a limit on the production of resources for the benefit of one group over another. Groups can gain control of resources by manipulating populations in and out of cities to create the supply and demand needed for profit. I think population and urbanization problems can be explained by conflict and competition between various groups in society. One way to look at a population is to look at the higher class; those with power and money to obtain extra resources and control resources, the middle class; people who are able to support themselves without a struggle for resources, and the lower class; who are at the mercy of the high class. Competition leading to conflict between these groups can result from urbanization and population increases because of increased demand for …show more content…
High population density areas are more prone to disease because unsanitary conditions and the high number of human hosts provide a perfect breeding ground for many diseases. In overcrowded areas, education is negatively affected because of disproportionate ratios between teachers and students. Education can also be one of the causes for population growth because, in areas of the world where contraceptives and birth control is not known about, birth rates are much higher.
Poverty and crime are usually related to each other in most sociological studies and both issues can be results of urbanization and population growth. Poverty could also be a reason for high birth rates in some countries because families need more children to help work the farm and contribute to the family income. The Earth’s environment has taken a heavy toll from urbanization and population growth in the last century and continues to be put under additional stress as the world population continues to grow every year.
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Rapid human expansion has cause an increase in the requirement of the most essential resource on the planet, resulting in the drying up …show more content…
Capitalism is focused on making profits, even on the essentials of life, which results in a limit on the production of resources for the benefit of one group over another. Groups can gain control of resources by manipulating populations in and out of cities to create the supply and demand needed for profit. I think population and urbanization problems can be explained by conflict and competition between various groups in society. One way to look at a population is to look at the higher class; those with power and money to obtain extra resources and control resources, the middle class; people who are able to support themselves without a struggle for resources, and the lower class; who are at the mercy of the high class. Competition leading to conflict between these groups can result from urbanization and population increases because of increased demand for …show more content…
High population density areas are more prone to disease because unsanitary conditions and the high number of human hosts provide a perfect breeding ground for many diseases. In overcrowded areas, education is negatively affected because of disproportionate ratios between teachers and students. Education can also be one of the causes for population growth because, in areas of the world where contraceptives and birth control is not known about, birth rates are much higher.
Poverty and crime are usually related to each other in most sociological studies and both issues can be results of urbanization and population growth. Poverty could also be a reason for high birth rates in some countries because families need more children to help work the farm and contribute to the family income. The Earth’s environment has taken a heavy toll from urbanization and population growth in the last century and continues to be put under additional stress as the world population continues to grow every year.
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