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The increasing world’s population is a global issue and becomes a source of anxiety for many scholars and decision makers around the globe. U.S. Census Bureau estimated that population growth will persist into the 21st century, growing from 6 billion in 1999 to 9 billion by 2044 (2010). In a longer term, it is also projected that human population may keep increasing up to 36.4 billion in 2300 (United Nations, 2003). Population upsurge is considered a centre piece for a range of problems world would

The growth of the human population has been strikingly apparent that the rate of growth has been much steeper than recent times. The earlier Homo sapiens were vegetarians and gathers they hunted and fished for food. With increased knowledge humans learned how to farm, domesticate animals and used irrigation to meet their needs. The knowledge of water and sewer conditions along with better medical care and agriculture made life easier. Earlier man did not have these factors and the population remained

outcomes. Ellis points out that these innovations are still being used before since the last ice age ended. So, if hunter-gatherers were, therefore, successful worldwide at that time, human innovation will adapt. Ellis further argues that, the planet’s carrying capacity of hunter-gatherers was not any more than 100 million. Without their stone tools, he argues, the amount would be a lot less. The creation of agriculture, eventually empowered a higher population growth, which needed more land-use. Although

2. Introduction This presentation will focus on the issue of urbanization and rebalancing the ecosystem within Sparksville. We will explore the consequences of urbanization and the lack of land management planning that presented the problem seen in Sparkville with the prairie dog. We will also talk about the steps that Sparksville took to restore the ecosystem and harmony amongst the residents and the ecosystem. We will also take a look at how the renewed balance invited tourism as well increased

course Tal is able to rhythmically rebut Erle’s claims by explaining that, “Anyone with a teaspoon of historic sensibilities about the country 's environmental history might want to mention its long litany of famines which occurred precisely because carrying capacities were consistently outstripped by a growing population”. Tal then goes on to explain other problems linked directly to overpopulation in China like the food crisis from 1958-1961 which led to the starvation of over 20 million people. He

and feed their families. People would fight to get the resources they need, crime rate would rise and our city streets would look like a hectic scene from the movies. Human overpopulation occurs when the number of people in a group exceeds the carrying capacity of the region that they occupy. This can be the result of an increase in births, decline in infant mortality rates, increasing immigration or depletion of resources. The human population has been growing since the end of the Black Death

. The carrying caapacity studies began during the 1930’s (O’Reilly, 1986; Saveriades, 2000), they were principally developed in the 1960’s in the national parks of the United States of America (McCool and Lime, 2001; Manning et al., 2002).The carrying capacity concept is essentially a decision making framework informed by the regular measurement of agreed indicators of quality. The concept of carrying capacity was derived in the early 1960’s from range management and was applied to tourism and hospitality

In the article “Over Population Is Not the Problem” New York Times. On 13 September 2013, Erle Elis informs us that many scientist believe humans are exceeding the earth’s natural carrying capacity. That the expanding numbers are reaching the limits of our finite planet. Earths carrying capacity is estimated between 4 and 16 billion, and the world’s population stands at around 7 billion. In other words, we may have already passed the limits. It is estimated that by 2050, population will reach 9 billion

The article “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin argues that we, as human beings, should give up our right to breed. Hardin claims that overpopulation will destroy our planet and that life will be tough if we reach our carrying capacity. With this problem looming overhead, Hardin says that there is no technical solution meaning that we cannot invent our way out of this and that the only solution is to change our values, namely to give up the right to make babies. In spite of Hardin’s argument

The biggest threat to humans today is the rapid growth of the human population. Not many people know about how over population is effecting the environment and the few people who do don't know what to do to help. Over population is the "greatest non-issue of the past 100 years" unless you count global warming (Blair 27). Over human population has been over looked for years. In order to solve this problem we must come up with a solution. There is not only one solution, but a good start is to make