World population

built and social environment. Presently more than half of the world`s population is living in urban areas and that proportion is expected to grow in coming decades. The recent UN estimates suggest that two thirds (sixty six per cent) of world population will live in urban areas by 2050 (United Nations 2015). Almost all of this growth will occur in the countries of the developing world. The rapid growth of urban population in developing world raises…

Asia is a vast and multicultural continent with an overall population of 4.3 billion people, taking up about 30% of the earth 's land. Among the 48 countries we chose Thailand, it is a country with multi economical background that we felt would be educational to study as a whole. Thailand is located in the south-eastern part of Asia with a population of 67.01 million. Approximately 65.7% of its population resides in rural areas (World Bank, 2014). It is considered an upper middle class income…

The first claim made in “Future Humans” is that humans are no longer evolving. Ian Tattersal believes that evolution only occurs in isolated populations: homo sapiens are now so vastly spread among the world, evolution has come to an end. He also believes the more time that passes the more homo sapiens will begin to look alike. This part of the article also discusses how natural selection is no longer applicable for humans. Natural selection is essentially “survival of the fittest”, and now…

between now and 2050 Sub-Saharan African countries will be overwhelmed with a swift and rapid population increase as well as a huge population of youths in the world. It is therefore very much essential that administrations in Sub-Saharan African countries factor the mass increase coming from the next generation into vital sections of developmental organization. As much as high increase in youth population posits a challenge to countries it however cannot comprehensively explain the unemployment…

Population control is any method that is used to control the type and number of people. Over the past few years there has been a slight increase in world population. Overpopulation has always been a concern (Watson). Many people fear that there will not be enough resources to support the human population. Even with this knowledge, people still decide to have children. This is a human right. Every single person on this small planet has the right to bear children and this right cannot be taken…

In 2016, it was reported that foreigners make up more than 40% of the Singapore’s population and this value is projected to increase even higher in the future. In the infamous Population White Paper published in 2013, foreigners are projected to make up nearly 50% of Singapore’s population, lowering the percentage of Singaporeans from 62% to 55%. The influx of foreigners into Singapore has undeniably become a huge concern and problem for many Singaporeans. Many Singaporeans are becoming…

problem among elderly in the world as well as in Vietnam. Dementia, a chronic clinical syndrome, refers to “a progressive loss of cognitive function that impedes social functioning and daily activities of living” (Cheung et al., 2015, p.460). World Health Organization (2012) and Alzheimer’s Association (2013) predict that the global population affected by dementia might increase by 79.8 million people over nearly 40 years from 2011 (Cheung et al., 2015). In Vietnam, the population is expected to…

Lesotho and Mozambique. Furthermore, as stated by the World Atlas (2015), South Africa covers 1 214 470 square kilometers of land and 4 620 square kilometers of water, making it the 25th largest nation in the world with a total area of 1 219 090 square kilometers. Because of its large population consisting of many cultures and traditions, the country has become known by many as the ‘rainbow nation’. Its location has placed it on the third world countries list, meaning it falls under some of the…

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 the world safe…

In Goudie’s writing “Human Impact”, she talks about the increase in the human population and what cause it. The two revolution she attributed to it was the agricultural and industrial revolution, where there is no doubt it increased the population. There were many new technologies and ways that caused the population growth and environmental changes in the agricultural and industrial revolution. In early human societies before the idea of agricultural, humans were hunter and gathers. Hunter and…