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    Samantha Godbold 02/27/2016 Human Overpopulation Over the course of our lives, we are taught that human overpopulation refers to the number of how many people live on this planet and that it is the reason why Earth is not going to be able to sustain us for much longer. Many people believe, however, that the population of the human race isn’t the reason for Earth’s decline in resources. It is, in fact, us. We, as a species, are solely responsible for Earth’s sudden decline in…

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    Overpopulation occurs if the number of people in a group exceeds the carrying capacity of the region occupied by that group. According to Grondona, one of the fundamental questions occurring when thinking about high fertility rates is. “Is an even-increasing population desirable? Is there a limit imposed by environmental carrying capacity?” (Grondona).Nowadays overpopulation is considered to be one of the hotly discussed environmental issues, due to its possible negative outcomes. Many scientist…

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    Under population and Overpopulation When the number of people in a region or country is more than the available resources, the country or region is said to be overpopulated. In other words, overpopulation refers to the situation in which the country’s population is more than what its physical resources can support to maintain adequate living standards. Singapore, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Korea Republic, Jordan, Iraq, Belgium and UK are among the overpopulated countries of…

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    earth’s capacity and number of resources able to sustain human life, has created this fear of “overpopulation.” Yet history has repeatedly proved that human capabilities far exceed the natural limits of the planet. Even as our population increases, humans have always sustained a contributing place in the world ecological order. The hard reality is that common assumptions about overpopulations are only misleading factors that divert attention from…

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    Overpopulation should be considered Earth’s top priority in terms of current and future threats. Reverting back to the interview with Richard Fitzpatrick (2016), sociology and criminology professor at Western Kentucky University, Fitzpatrick discusses the negative aspects and possible outcomes of human overpopulation. Fitzpatrick states there are many issues that are currently more important than overpopulation, such as the collapse of the political crises and the bombings in Aleppo. Essentially…

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    Constantino Ayala Ms. Lindell College Writing 26 January 2014 Why are There So Many of Us? Overpopulation is still an issue in the world. More people are being born than there are people who are dying,and that is an issue. There has to be a constant balance between the two, so there is a good balance between supply and demand on earth in terms of resources used. With greater availability of food for years now, it has really had a toll on the amount of humans now living and still increasing…

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    Introduction Overpopulation has been a concern for centuries. In the 18th century, Thomas Malthus has raised the idea of that one day there will be a scarcity of resources (Alton, 2015). Researches shows that 750 years ago, the population remains under 250 million for most of the history. And now, every three year will have 250 million population added to the total population. Through out human history, the death rate have been mostly higher than the birth rate. However, in the 19th century, the…

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    and their resources. We humans are very dependent on the land and its resources. If those start disappearing due to us humans over using them, then we will not only loose our culture but many species of animal’s plants and eventually ourselves. Overpopulation can be debatable if it’s an issue or not an issue, but the evidence that supports that we as a species are stretching Earths resources to the brink. Humans have unlimited wants and Earth has limited resources, that being said as the Human…

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    The Solution to Overpopulation The world’s population increases by 80 million people every year. There is no means of controlling this immense population growth so how will we handle this issue in the future? With the increase in population, we are heavily consuming our natural resources, causing global warming, and increasing habitat loss. Furthermore, in the United States alone, about 45 percent of pregnancies were unintended. How would our loss of population control appear worldwide? To keep…

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    The problem of overpopulation in developing countries Overpopulation is one of the biggest problem in India. It is a big global issue that many countries struggle with it. Which affects high birth rate of fatalities in the developing countries like India and China There are several major reason for overpopulation, high birth rate and infant mortality rate is define as the proportion of births to the total overpopulation in a place and given time, and infant mortality rate is defined as number…

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