Overpopulation
Pictures about Overpopulation
Solutions
Adjust to an aging population instead of boosting childbearing through government incentives and programs.
Responsible and Innovative Agriculture
Responsible farming techniques, education and pressure from consumers can go a long way to improving this. However, if we want to keep producing enough food for a booming population, we need to start thinking differently about food production.
From poorly managed small farms, overgrazing and logging to huge commercial farms that exploit local water supplies and encroach on natural habitats, the environmental impact of agriculture are huge.
Social Marketing
Social marketing has already been started by some societies to educate the public on overpopulation effects. The intervention can be made widespread at a low cost. A variety of print materials (flyers, brochures, fact sheets, stickers) can be distributed in places such as at local places of worship, sporting events, local food markets, schools and at car parks.
Family Planning
As the population of this world is growing at a rapid pace, raising awareness among people regarding family planning and letting them know about serious after-effects of overpopulation can help curb population growth.
Change in Policies
Many nations offer rewards, whether in the form of financial incentives or increased benefits, to those who have more children. This may lead to some couples having more children than they otherwise would if they needed to worry about the financial consequences.
Access to contraceptives
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 225 million women who are living in the developing countries would prefer to postpone giving birth but are not using any form of contraception. Many organizations, such as the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), also support improving access to contraceptives.
Access to birth control must go hand-in-hand with better sex education. After all, without it people cannot put what they have learned into practice.
Better Sex Education
Better education will help people understand more about the potential consequences of having sex as they relate to child birth. It will also do away with many of the myths that surround the sexual act and introduce scientifically-proven methods of birth control.
A lack of sex education – or poorly-implemented education – has led to overpopulation issues in many countries. The issue is so pronounced that the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for improvements to be made, particularly in poorer areas of the world.
Videos About Overpopulation
A video explaining Overpopulation stages
A video explaining Overpopulation in more detail
Effects
Technological Advances
high concentrations of people in urban areas also brings with it research and development in the quest for solutions to the population’s needs. An example is the popularisation of communication technologies and the generation, collection and use of Big Data for sustainable ends, as well as the emergence of Smart Cities adapted to ensure good living conditions for the increasing population.
Rising Living Costs
increasing living costs in most countries. Fewer resources, less water, the packing of many people into confined spaces and a lack of money are provoking an increase in the cost of living whereby only a percentage of the population will be able to cover all their needs.
Rising unemployment
a high number of workers exist for a limited number of vacancies and this seems destined to lead to high rates of joblessness in the future.
Elevated Crime Rates
As human overpopulation drives resources and basic necessities, such as food and water, to become scarcer, there will be increased competitiveness for these resources which leads to elevated crime rates due to drug cartels and theft by people in order to survive.
Less Freedom and More Restrictions
As population densities increase, laws, which serve as a primary social mediator of relations between people, will more frequently regulate interactions between humans and develop a need for more rules and restrictions to regulate these interactions.
Higher Risks of Pandemics
Many diseases have been causing issues for people, COVID-19 is one of these examples. These diseases are created in animals and passed onto people. Humans have begun to interact with animals more than normal because of overpopulation.
Increase in conflict
environmental disruption and overpopulation has the potential to trigger an increase in violence and political unrest. There are already wars being fought over for resources in the Middle East
Ecological Degrade
Degrade in Biodiversity
The effect of overpopulation on the world’s wildlife is also a major issue. As demand for land grows, so too does the destruction of natural habitats, such as forests. Some scientists warn that if present trends continue, as many as 50% of the world’s wildlife species will be at risk of extinction.
Climate Change
Eutrophication
Agricultural runoff is one of the main causes of eutrophication, the presence of excessive nutrients in bodies of waster, such as large pockets like the Dead Zone of the Gulf of Mexico. Worldwide, there are more than 400 marine 'dead zones' caused by eutrophication, collectively covering an area six times the size of Switzerland.
Eutrophication causes the dense growth of plant life that consumes oxygen, resulting in the death of aquatic animals. Other major sources of eutrophication are industry and sewage disposal--both related to population growth.
Farming
intensive farming is also considered a major contributor to climate change due to the machinery required. This effect will likely intensify if the population continues to grow at its current rate.
As the global population increases, more food is needed. Such measures may be met through more intensive farming, or through deforestation to create new farm lands, which in turn can have negative outcomes.
Less Fresh Water
While there is plenty of water on the planet, it is very much a scarce resource. Only 2.5 percent of water resources are fresh water, and just a small fraction of that is available as unpolluted drinking water.
An increase in population means more deforestation, increase in pollution, and more
An increase demand for food, water, housing, healthcare, transportation and more
Causes
Child Labor
This can result in children being seen as a source of income by impoverished families. Furthermore, children who begin work too young also lose the educational opportunities they should be granted, particularly when it comes to birth control.
Poverty
A lack of educational resources, coupled with high death rates leading to higher birth rates, result in impoverished areas seeing large booms in population. The effect is so extensive that the UN has predicted that the forty-eight poorest countries in the world are also likely to be the biggest contributors to population growth.
Better Healthcare facilities
Lack of female education
Underutilized Contraceptives
Falling Mortality Rates
the Industrial Revolution brought with it a revolution in the world of medicine. Scientific progress allowed us, from then onward, to overcome diseases that previously could only end in death. The invention of vaccines and discovery of antibiotics such as penicillin saved thousands of lives and were a key factor in unfettered population growth. As the number of annual deaths fell, while births remained constant, so the population increased.
Population Growth
Migration
Emigration
Immigration
Unchecked immigration into countries may lead to overpopulation to the point where those countries no longer have the required resources for their population. This is particularly problematic in countries where immigration numbers far exceed emigration numbers.
The six factors
The initial age of population (Whether the population was old or young at the start)
If the population has a bigger demographic in one age group then that age group will effect the population
The number of children per family
It's better to have two child because there would be less economic burdens
The presence or absence of parental figures
a person can reproduce
The death rate
Fertility rates
