Urbanization and Overpopulation Human Population Today • People are reproducing at too high of a rate • Human population today: 7.1 billion people • Rapid growth over the last 200 years because of: • Expansion into new places or habitats • Modernized agricultural practices • Improvement of sanitation, medicine, and technology Human Population Today • Current World population growth rate is at about 1.2% per year • That means 84 million people are added to the world population per year • This is unevenly distributed: • 98% of this growth occurs in less-developed countries 10 Most Populated Countries in World • China • India • United States • Indonesia • Brazil • Nigeria • Bangladesh • Russia • Japan Is the world really overpopulated? • Textbook says: • “There is disagreement about the answer to this question.” • (Miller & Spoolman 2015, pg. 85) • Some would argue that the world is already overpopulated and will cause: • Increased death rate due to declining health conditions • Degradation of loss of resources due to over use How to reduce population growth • Excerpt from pg. 87 of Miller & Spoolman (2015) • Argues from a liberal perspective • Provide universal access to family planning services and reproductive health care (birth control and abortion options) • Develop and implement national population policies – sanctions or laws on how many children you’re allowed to have • Sharply reduce unsusta ...
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