Limitations Of Overpopulation

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Overpopulation should be limited I could not describe my feeling before two months when I and my husband saw a very sad scene in the documentary film. This scene showed me how poor families are struggling to survive in extremely difficult conditions. The reporter walked among crowded areas that are fall off deteriorating building, traffic jams, and piles of trash. He conducted an interview with an Egyptian man, who live in that area, and asked him about his family, and how could they live under the pressure of poverty. The man said” I am responsible for nine children, my mother is disabled. Three of my children left the school and work as waiters to help me to meet the family’s need of food and water. Our suffering is renewed every day”. …show more content…
Some scientists concerned about the decreasing of carry capacity due to the overpopulation, but these concerns could be overcome by the technological advances and the invention (Hopkins, 2014). It is difficult to reduce the global population because the procreation is a privacy decision. The couples must have the right of determination of how many children to have. However, the rapid overpopulation is a real threat to the world, because it will cause damage to all components of the planet: people, environment, and …show more content…
Overpopulated poor nations cannot provide their citizens high standards of living which are including education, health, job opportunities. For example In South Sudan, the rate of illiterry is increasing because the shortage of education services like building and staff. There is no insufficient number of schools that accommodate enormous students so, a lot of Sudanese people cannot benefit from education. Also, most of the populous countries do not get free health care for sick people even though they are more developed countries. As a result of the high cost of medical care, people in these countries suffer from the high cost of medical

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