preview

Overpopulation : Big Problem

Decent Essays
Open Document

Overpopulation: Big Problem

In today’s society there are many economic problems such as, pollution, water conservation, war, overpopulation, global warming, pollution. All of these problems have a huge impact on our society, and overpopulation affects the environment. The term overpopulation is defined as a situation in which too many people or animals live in a certain area. In our case it is when there is an excess amount of people on earth which are depleting the resources available. The world 's population will soon reach an amount that will not have enough resources to sustain life. The growth must be balanced to avoid a catastrophe that we will not be able to handle. Many social, environmental, and economic situations are developed by overpopulation or increased by the overpopulation of humans. The government throughout the world should assume responsibility in regulating the growth of human beings to avoid societies to exhaust essential resources necessary to live.

The Earth does not contain enough resources to sustain the enormous population growth of people on Earth. For instance, there is only a limited amount of area in which we can grow crops and add living space. In 2013 the population was 7 billion, in comparison there were only 1 billion people in 1804. That means this was doubled in 1927, in which it doubled again by 1974. Scientists have estimated that our population would be as much as 12 billion in 2100. The Earth can only realistically hold and

Get Access