Essay on HISTORY

Overall, South America’s population has a high growth rate, but nowhere does the population grow faster than:

the year 2050. Population growth at an overwhelming rate can cause many effects on a

There are over ten major factors affecting population density. For the physical factors, low land which is flat (e.g. Ganges Valley) is densely populated while high land with rugged relief and high plateau is sparsely populated (e.g. Himalayas). Areas rich in resources (e.g. minerals, oil, wood, fishing etc.) tend to tend to have higher population density (e.g. Western

The first region to have the most population concentration is East Asia. Almost a quarter of the world’s population live in East Asia. Most of the population in East Asia is concentrated in East China, Japan, Korea Peninsula and the Island of Taiwan. According to the textbook, page 47, it states, “Although China has 25 urban area with more than 2 million inhabitants and 61 with more than 1 million, more than one-half of the people live in rural area where they work as farmers.” This shows how China is the most populated country in East Asia, by showing that half of their population live in rural areas for farming. In contrast to China, more than three-fourths of the East Asia population live in Japan and Korea “in urban areas and work at industrial or service jobs.” As you can see, East Asia is considered one of the most concentrated population regions because of how big the population is.

In reading over Bloom’s “Demographic Upheaval”, and relating it back to India as well as places such as Annawadi, and similar slums, there are a few major prognostications made up about these types of areas. The first major demographic factor to talk about in presenting challenges is the rising birth rates in these areas. In this article, it is presented that India by 2022 should pass China to become the most populated nation in the world. There are a couple of major events presented that occur when a nation becomes more populated. For one, nations and areas tend to become more urbanized, as population rates rise. For India, and areas as Annawadi, this would cause further population density, which could be seen as a good thing, in that it may

According to the Census Bureau, the growth rate of the United States in 1995 was 1.2%, in 2005 it dropped to .9%, and by 2014 it dropped another .1% down to a .8% growth rate (Census Bureau 2014). On the contrary, France’s growth rate seems mildly unstable. In 1995, the growth rate in France was .45%, in 2005 it rose to .61%, and in 2014 it dropped back down to .47% (Census Bureau 2014). For China, its growth rate portrays a shocking comparison to, both, France and the United States due to its rapidly populating stereotype. During those same years, China’s growth rate dropped from a high 1.04% to .52% and even lower to .45% (Census Bureau 2014). China’s growth rate is dramatically more unstable than both France and the United States. Monitoring the growth rate of a state can be very beneficial, and it can be crucial information for geographers to have knowledge of. In the United States’ case, their growth rate has been decreasing due a drop in net immigration (Population Reference Bureau 2014). Stricter enforcement of immigration laws have aided in this. Due to a drop in annual immigration, the United States’ growth rate has been affected. Another potential cause of a growth rate decrease could be due to obesity in America. Obesity is projected to be one of America’s most predominate killers, and with an increase in obesity brings an increase in deaths, therefore a lessened growth rate. For

The study of history is a challenging and often ambiguous pursuit of reconstruction. Historians are forced to remove themselves from the confines of modernity while desperately trying to grasp the fleeting remnants of an ever fading past. It is impossible, however, for a historian to fully accomplish either one of these necessities of research. The present remains an integral part of his perspective causing a distinctive slant in the analysis; evidence of the past can remain hidden or be entirely lost in the strides of time. These limitations of individual historians’ conceptions of the past necessitate the study of history to be an accumulation of different theories throughout the ages by conflicting researchers. A

Population and settlement in the country also ranges. Decreasing levels of birthrates are most known, currently in Japan. The population has dropped dramatically by 268,000 and that is considered to be historical for Japan. According to the World Affairs Journal, the country will not reach the peak that was previously made by U.S Census Bureau. The prediction about the peak was made half a decade ago, to be exact. Japan is seen as one of the wealthiest countries. Urbanization is extremely fast and changes the most in our generation. According to the City Lab, The World Bank stated that between 2000- 2010 there was close to 200 million people that migrated to East Asia. The World Bank came up with a contest for someone to create the best visual of data for it rich database on urbanization.

South Asia is home to a significant percentage of world population. One of its constituents, India is home to about 1.23 billion people and ranks second in terms of world population. The surrounding nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. have a high density of persons residing per square kilometre. Only the smaller in size countries have a small proportion of population such as Bhutan,

After some secondary research, I found out that the continent of Asia has the highest population density in the world if we look at the statistics on geolounge.com the countries with the highest population density are Asia, Africa, and North America. If we narrow this down to induvial countries we can see from this graph on the right that there is a cluster within Asia, the country that shows us this is China is overpopulated because of the colour of the country and if you refer it back to the map. Once you refer it back to the map you can see that China has approximately 150 people living per square kilometre in China, this is mainly because of highly over populated cities in China. For example, Hong Kong, Hong Kong has a high population density of 6,349 people living per square kilometre, which is massive compared to different smaller countries like The Republic of China (Taiwan) who have a population density of 639 people per square kilometre. I know this by referring back to

in the north which continue to grow along with the gender inequality and poverty. However,

limited population growth are a challenge. These regions have major challenges that the governments choose to ignore or even create themselves. On the other hand, Africa is urbanizing faster and faster. While the rate of urbanization growth in Africa is agile, Africa struggles with other problems such as overpopulation. Currently, Russia, Europe and Africa are all in different situations and all of the regions need their own solutions.

Population growth around the world is not equally distributed. Between 1750 and 1950, the population explosion began in Europe and America. After 1950, a much larger population explosion started to take place in Asia, Latin America and Africa. More than 1.3 billion live in China and 1.2 billion in India, together making up more than one third of the world population (The world population explosions: causes, backgrounds and projections for the future).

Developing nations especially face problems of overpopulation because of their tendency to have more children to work and support the families. Many of the most overpopulated nations are located in the Middle East, as well as in nations of Europe.

The planet on which we live is dying, harsh: yes, but true. The sustaining capacity of the globe is shrinking a little bit every year and soon, if the population trend continues at the current rate the sustaining capacity will have reached its peak. The ignorance of humanity has lead all to believe that the planets resources are infinite well, I'm here to tell you that research, study, and observation has proven that it is in fact very finite. The population explosion has its roots in developing countries such as China and India, the two most populous countries in the