The Issues Of Human Population Growth

Population Growth is an issue that exists in today’s world that needs to be confronted before it becomes out of hand. The population itself has reached overwhelming numbers making it a problem that could turn to be dangerous. The amount of humans that the earth can support or the carrying capacity is slowly rising but at a much slower rate than the population growth rate. The increasing growth rate has its negative effects environmentally, agriculturally, socially, and economically and also has its positive effects nationally, and economically. The government is brainstorming and trying to come up with ways to decrease

Humanity as a whole is growing exponentially and this growth is anything but consistent. Many nations will be experiencing population decreases while other experience intense population growth. The impending impact of that fact is scaring a multitude of countries on the international market. In this essay I will answer three of the major pressing questions facing the world as they try to prepare themselves for this drastic change.

The indefinite growth of the human population, has monumental impacts on the natural environment, not only in the UK, but around the globe. Architecturally, the entire process of designing and constructing a building, both domestic and not, can lead to the rapid exhaustion of natural resources across the planet. Building with environmental design strategies in mind not only combats the impact we as humans have on the natural environment, but also has considerable economic benefits, due to lower running costs of buildings and advanced occupant productivity. There are also many social benefits, such as improved air quality which resultantly leads too enhanced health of a buildings occupants.

Throughout the last few hundred years, humans have built a foundation. Compared to all of the other animal species on Earth, humans are the most intelligent. We have built houses everywhere, developed a system to sustain ourselves, and now inhabit almost every piece of land on earth. Humans are smart, strong, and know how to fend for themselves. But, humans have a tendency to take it too far, and we have already done so. There have been numerous advancements over the past few hundred years which could ultimately lead to the downfall of the human race. The main issue is overpopulation due to the advancements in technology and general knowledge. The statistics from an article by Kenneth Smail show that “In the year 1900, there were almost 2 billion humans living on Earth. Throughout the 1960’s, the baby boom, there were 3 billion humans on Earth. Today in 2016, there are just over 7 billion humans living on Earth.” Currently, we have taken up just over half of all available land on this planet, and with increased amounts of people having kids, our population will only increase. Overpopulation is becoming a serious problem all around the world, especially in countries such as China and India. There are many global problems associated with overpopulation that are becoming more and more prevalent, which will all have dangerous effects on the foundation that humans have

Human population growth is becoming a huge issue in our world today. The population is increasing rapidly. The reason that it is becoming a concern is because it has affected the economic, environmental, and social aspects of our world. In the film Frontline: Heat, we can see how there might not be a future for our planet unless we are able to reduce the emissions and make our world a safe place. Not only for the present but also for future generations so that they are able to live long and healthy lives.

The world population is only growing. The U.N. predicts that from today’s 7.5 billion we will reach 9.3 billion by the year 2050. (World Population Prospects n.p) In New York Times author Nicholas Kristof’s article, The Birth Control Solution, Kristof attempts to promote family planning as a solution to many of the world’s problems. He will do this by giving examples that an out of control global population causes poverty, conflict, and environmental damage; and that family planning would be a cost effective solution.

Beyond a doubt we urgently need to address the devastating global issue of population growth in the United States America before we destroy our planet. We are facing many devastating economic problems, such as pollution, global warming, education, but the most critical is overconsumption. Overpopulation is a huge problem in the United States of America, which is causing us to run out of natural resources. The human race is already too large and is destroying the natural systems that support us. There are many solutions to this problem, but the common factor is controlling the human race. What can we do as a society to help contribute to controlling the population growth? “The United States is the most overpopulated country in the world” (Ehrlich).

According to the United States census, the world population is over 7 billion and a birth occurs every 8 seconds. China leads with well over 1.3 billion people. There are rural areas, in Africa that women have never heard of any form of birth control. In those areas, women have 6 or more children. According to the United nations report (2013), The world 's population is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. There is already a lack of natural global resources. The environment is showing signs of misuse caused by humans. While, reproduction is a part of life and a human right. We as people need to work on preserving our natural resources, for the betterment of our future. And, birth control is a considered method in helping control our population. Birth control is also another way of helping developing countries due to lack of obstetric care, or countries that are disease, and poverty stricken.

There are many articles and newspapers about how bad the world is becoming overpopulated. The overpopulation of humans and animals is a constant threat to people way of life on earth. Monbiot states, “The growth in human numbers, they say, is our foremost environmental threat” (Monbiot 1). Suggestions for extending women’s reproductive choices should be made, and the world population would drop dramatically because of this. George states, “If this need were answered, the impact of population growth would be significant, though not decisive: the annual growth rate of 83 million would be reduced to 62 million” (Monbiot 1). Because the population of the world is increasing drastically, many problems are created and produces many effects.

Throughout human history, population growth is one of the most important topics brought into discussion. Globally, there are about 7.2 billion people in the world, and it will rise up to 11 billion or more by the 21st century (Brown). When we look back in the history, population growth has been so slow as to be imperceptible within a single generation, “Reaching a globally population of 1 billion in 1804 required the entire time since the humans appeared on the scene. To add the second billion, it took until 1927, just over 100 years. Thirty- three years later, in 1960, world population reached 3 billion” (Brown 15). Then the pace sped

Not only have authors presented more human alternatives to Malthus’ solution to exponential population growth, re-examining Malthusian in the light of the 21st century, a series of shortcomings and contradictions emerge. Since Malthus’

Overpopulation, it is one of the biggest problems our society faces today, it has the potential to cause devastating effects to the earth and the human race. In 1978 Thomas Robert Malthus published a paper on population growth, it set a foundation for many arguments that are still being discussed to this day. The problems outlined by Malthus are still a major problem, along with an abundance of other overpopulation problems. To most of these problems there is a short-term solution, while good in the near future new problems will continue to rise. That is the main problem with overpopulation, the only way to curb this problem is to have everybody take action against this problem before it is too late. There are a few current long-term that are theorized to work, there are two main ones thought to be viable. Space colonization is the most futuristic one of them all because it would take many years to create the technology for space colonization, this would take hundreds of years pull off put it would allow for more growth and expansion. Another solution would be family planning and genetic testing, this would take less time to implement into our family systems and help further control on our population. Problems of overpopulation today may seem small but in the future, it will have a major impact on thousands of lives.

Imagine a world where everywhere is crowded, and there is a constant struggle for food and clean water. Every day, survivability is the only goal, where people just try to make it to the next day. This may sound like something you would see on a movie screen, but it could be a reality. We, as humans are in a very dire situation. Sometime near the year 1800, the population of the Earth had reached one billion residents (Roster & Ortiz-Ospina, 2013). In the last two hundred years, however, the population of Earth has exploded to almost eight billion residents. The rate of increase is like nothing we have ever seen before in the history of the planet. One billion new earthlings were added in the last fourteen years (Roster, 2017). Many factors are at play which have directly impacted this unprecedented exponential population growth. With limited access to resources and land suitable for habitation, we as humans are reaching a defining moment (Dimick, 2014). Protecting necessary resources such as clean air, fresh water, and a sufficient food supply, while simultaneously supporting steady population growth will be a huge challenge in our future. The population growth rate of humans on this planet has been skyrocketing over the last two hundred years with no sign of slowing down. This will become a huge factor in the survivability of our species, however, taking responsibility for the negative human impact on the planet and changing our behaviors may be the only way to save

What is something that continues to grow every second of each and every day? The answer to the question is the human population. The current human population is around 7.2 billion and is expected to grow by one billion in the next twelve years. Also, it is supposed to reach over nine billion by the year 2050. This may not seem like a big deal, but what many people do not think about is how we are going to feed all these people. With the population getting this big we will not only need more food, but we will also have to find new ways to grow it. The reason being is that when the population gets that big, people will need to have places to  live, and this will take away from farmland to grow on. With farmers having less farmland that means that they can not grow as many crops as they have in years prior. There is only one logical solution to the problems above. The solution is Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). A genetically modified organism is where a scientist takes genetic tissue from one species and replaces it with the tissue of another. For example, they can take the genetic tissue from corn and replace it with genetic tissue from another plant like soybeans. They do this to allow plants to grow faster, produce more in smaller plots of land, help the environment, and to help plants thrive in certain environments.

The mass of the population is an important subject because it is not only the cause for environmental problems but it also determines the gravity of its impact on our life-sustaining resources (Warren, 2015). It is assumed, that in some developing countries, people should contribute to the conservation of life- sustaining resources by lessening their high intake of natural resources. For example, some countries have integrated governmental policies in order to reduce the amount of members one can have in their families (Warren, 2015). Therefore, because of the concerns of population growth, it has been stated that each nation is to determine their own environmental protection plans and their own family preparation programs. Also, since each nation is best suited to make decisions about its own population and issues with their environmental resources, they are best fit to know what is necessary for their country (Schneider, Havlík, Schmid, Valin, & Mosnier, 2011). However, there are problems when simply focusing only on the control of the population (Magdoff, 2013). Ideas about resources, the environment and population, are not the same because individuals who focus only in the environment and overpopulation, neglect to acknowledge everything else (Magdoff, 2013). There is no discussion about the connection between all of them, and there is also a neglect to produce new ideas on how people can live neutrally with the environment in order to make