Overpopulation Essay

better condition of life maybe are the major reason of the population growth in most megacities. However, with a big agglomeration of people and a big city, the government has to not let the problems assume control of the city. Problems such as overpopulation, housing and natural disasters are common in every megacity and solve them are important to achieve a better quality of life and avoid or reduce environmental problems for the citizens. Every year, people move to city centres to achieve…

Poverty, poor, and overpopulation are becoming major issues in today 's society. As time goes by, it becomes awfully clear that these issues are problems we must deal with. While many want to address and solve these issues, there tends to be a divide on how to do so. There are many papers available concerning this problem. The two I find to have the strongest arguments are actually quite contradicting. First was Garret Hardin’s essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” where he…

mathematics predicts and sharing will be even more suicidal.” This can be interpreted to mean that overpopulation, especially in poorer countries, is damaging to society. Overpopulation can have detrimental effects, therefore, the country of India could benefit from a system similar to that of the One-Child Policy presented in China. India currently is under distress due to their high population. Their overpopulation impacts are worse than China’s. Eighty percent of India’s population is…

One of the greatest arguments in philosophy has been the debate on the degree of influence that nature has on the growth and development of human beings. By looking at the interactions of the environment and the human being that live within, one is able to examine the type relationship in place between nature and the creatures of the world. One would say that the environment’s role is that of a provider which includes its different facets of air, water and earth with humanity as the dependent…

He gave convincing points such as the numbers in the boat and how it will drown if it exceeds beyond the capacity limit. In addition, his numbers and theory were very accurate, especially when it comes to the overpopulation issue. Furthermore, the way he connected both the lifeboat with the life resource is so convincing. Also, how they will lose the safety factor. He argued it completely logical. Moreover, he gave a significant point to the people who feel guilty…

likelihood of collapse and a positive solution, this essay will argue that Indonesia is at the risk of collapse. This argument is built on there being no change in both government and citizen’s behaviour and related to factors such as, deforestation, overpopulation and rise of sea level. To begin with, deforestation is arguably the biggest problem that Indonesia is encountering. It is the hardest one to solve since it is related to Indonesia’s national income. According to FAO State of the…

alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive,” quoted by Jack London in the story ‘The Call of the Wild.’ Garrett Hardin was an ecologist who alerted the risks of overpopulation and was so passionate about the topic that he wrote several essays and books on it. In the essay, “Lifeboat Ethics,” he discusses that people in rich countries should not help the people of poor countries, and we should not assist them…

Thesis Statement: The world's population growth has caused a destruction of the environment. I. Agriculture may look common and environmental friendly but as the amount of farm increased with the population, we had actually damaged the environment. A. Farming had caused soil erosion and degradation. 1. As we build more farm for planting usage, many forest had been damaged.It may further lead to soil erosion. 2. Pesticide and fertilizer used destroy the soil’s natural properties, not to mention…

in finding jobs in their countries. Then they immigrate to other countries to start new lives. Furthermore, the Chinese government created a law, which stated that each family must only have one child, to solve the problems that are related to overpopulation. According to Merrick, high birth rates can lead to poverty; furthermore, people can overcome poverty if they can decrease birth rates. Merrick and his supporters clarified the relationship between high birth rates and poverty before 1900…

One of the most well-known developments from the industrial revolution of the 20th century is none other than revolutionary technology. The technology created within this revolution was not designed with the intention to expand population size, but it was one of the byproducts of the new technology. For example, the remarkable invention of chemical modifiers (pesticides and herbicides) had some unforeseen consequences. Pesticides were designed to kill harmful bugs/creatures; while herbicides…