Essay On Urban Sprawl

Urban sprawl, the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas, has slowed down by 9% since the 1990s (Borenstein). Urban sprawl was steadily increasing starting in 1920 due to new street construction and it peaked in 1994. Despite the belief that urban sprawl is the result of a healthy economic and social process, urban sprawl needs to … Read more

Rapid population growth

There are 6 billion human beings on the face of the Earth. According to our best estimates, there are somewhere between three and seven times more people than this planet can possibly maintain over a long period of time. Non-renewable resources are being used at an incredible rate, and we are destroying the capability of … Read more

Human Variations in High Altitude Populations

Some ten to twenty-five million people (that is less than 1% of the earths population) currently make it[high altitude zones] their home(Moran,143). The adjustment high altitude populations must make are firstly physical and secondly cultural. Although most people adapt culturally to their surroundings, in a high altitude environment these cultural changes alone arent enough. Many … Read more

Immigration & Americas Future

The world has gone through a revolution and it has changed a lot. We have cut the death rates around the world with modern medicine and new farming methods. For example, we sprayed to destroy mosquitoes in Sri Lanka in the 1950s. In one year, the average life of everyone in Sri Lanka was extended … Read more

Global Warming Essay

The relationship between humans and the state of the ecosystem is not only dependent upon how many people there are, but also upon what they do. When there were few people, the dominant factors controlling ecosystem state were the natural ones that have operated for millions of years. The human population has now grown so … Read more

Population Control

In early years human population and population growth has not been an issue. This is because of the variety of different environmental factors. Sickness and disease has played a large role in keeping human population under control since the beginning of time. It seemed that when a population would get over crowded an epidemic such … Read more

Constraints on the Expansion of the Global Food Supply

In the early ages people were hunters, or predators; they had to survive by killing other species. Although predators are supposed to be the strongest in the food chain, people were vulnerable because they had to depend on the same species below them. Our senses were not developed as well either; hearing, smelling, eye sight … Read more

The Rapid Growth Of The World

There are many important world issues. Among these issues, we have studied the rapid growth of the world, which was the topic of critical importance. The extraordinary rapid increase of the world population constitutes a serious problem in which no citizen of the world can remain indifferent. The public has become increasingly aware of the … Read more

The Population Problem

Two hundred years ago, Thomas Malthus, in An Essay on the Principle of Population, reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially, while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example, … Read more

Will the World Starve

Looking out a window upon a barren desert, a dry wasteland unfolds as a carpet to nowhere. Abandoned cities dot the horizon, as the ruins speak volumes to the once populated extravagance of a country which lived on wealth and opportunity. The vision just described is not one out of a Hollywood movie script, but … Read more

Can We Feed the World

We currently have enough food to feed the people of our world. But what will our situation be in the 21st Century? Can we produce enough food and conserve natural resources to sustain the population? The world’s population was 5. 3 billion in 1990 and is expected to increase to 12. 4 billion by the … Read more

Population Overload Essay

“Population Overload” is about how each time our population in the United States doubles. Whether because of the World War II, unchecked immigration, or just over-crowded cities, population increases and danger increases as well. It also says how we as humans and citizens of this country should do something about the population overload in the … Read more

The World Population

The world is a very small planet, as compared to the vastly massive planets such as Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, our Earth is the only planet in this solar system with conceivable and obvious life. There are billions of humans on this earth. Billions of animals, plants and other things. While the earth was … Read more

Growth of population

At the dawn of a new age where technology and money rule, a disaster which threatens these, as well as the way we live, has quickly and seemingly unstoppably gained ascendancy and has somehow gone unnoticed. During the first 2 million or so years of its history the human population was a minor element in … Read more

Influences in Darwins Thinking

Thomas Malthus and Charles Lyell were two figures who influenced Darwin’s theories. Malthus was an influence through his book on the population principle. Darwin had a parallel thinking in the concept of individual struggle in natural selection. Lyell’s influence on Darwin was from his book “Principles”. Darwin agreed with Lyell’s uniformitarian theories, and the uniformitarian … Read more

Population Overgrowth

One day, you wake up and 240,000 more people are living in your mansion. It is a big mansion with normally ample supplies to sustain your lifestyle. However, with 240,000 more people inhabiting that same area, it has become cramped and small. The next day, 240,000 people more come to live with you. This happens … Read more

Life Outside Our Biosphere

The fragile balance of the Earth’s ecosystem is constantly being disrupted. Overpopulation is placing heavy strain on the world’s resources. We are burning all our fossil fuels to create the energy we need, and clearing our rainforests to make enough farmland to feed everyone. The ozone layer is slowly eroding, exposing us to harmful UV … Read more

Over Population

The population of our planet will quickly reach a point where there will not be adequate amount of resources to support life on Earth. Population control must be enforced to avoid such a catastrophic occurrence. Many economic, social and environmental problems are either affiliated with or are increased due to overpopulation. With an exponentially increasing … Read more

Ehrlich’s Population Bomb

“People are realizing that we cannot forever continue to multiply and subdue the earth without losing our standard of life and the natural beauty that must be part of it. these are the years of decision- the decision of men to stay the flood of man. ” Ehrlich here explains the one of the most … Read more

The Population Bomb

The book The Population Bomb, Paul Erhlich describes the impending problem of human overpopulation. Eventhough this book was written in the 1960s, Erhlich still brings up many points which are still valid in todays society. Environmental science often is not thought of by the public or the government, let alone the problem of human overpopulation, … Read more

Ehrlich’s Population Bomb

“People are realizing that we cannot forever continue to multiply and subdue the earth without losing our standard of life and the natural beauty that must be part of it. these are the years of decision- the decision of men to stay the flood of man. ” Ehrlich here explains the one of the most … Read more

Persuasive theme: Overpopulation

Overpopulation is becoming one of the most preeminent problems facing human civilization. This complicated, pervasive issue will come to be a problem of the utmost importance for people of all races, religions, and nationalities. Our planet now provides for approximately 5. 8 billion people, with projections of around 10 billion by the year 2050. Two … Read more

Lowering Population In India And South Asia

The problem of overpopulation exists nearly everywhere, and if it does not currently exist, it will in the near future. People are having several children, and that is greatly exceeding the death rate. This problem is especially apparent in South Asia, and it is causing several problems such as famine, epidemic, overcrowding, etc. The country … Read more