Over Crowded
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Quotes
Hey Everybody! Does anyone remember an earlier post on a website that introuduced new fresh ideas? Well it is back again but this time I found some quotes from a few famous names that I thought you guys might be interested in seeing.
Jacques Cousteau [Oceanographer] in 1991
“ In order to stabilize world population, it is necessary to eliminate 350,000 people each day..” continuing… “ Over-consumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.”
“ In order to stabilize world population, it is necessary to eliminate 350,000 people each day..” continuing… “ Over-consumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.”
Richard Nixon former President of USA in 1969 again at the 1972 US Commission on Population.
“One of the most serious challenges in human destiny --- will be the growth of population.”
“One of the most serious challenges in human destiny --- will be the growth of population.”
“The world has enough for everyone’s need but not for everyone’s greed!” Mahatma Gandhi
We Are The World!
What up my peeps!? I would like to establish that this video is not mine and although the person singing may not be that great, I feel it makes a good point for population control. If many of the things that are stated and shown in the video are not maintained, many countries could eventually begin to see poverty and hunger become an even bigger issue than it already it is. Check Out The Video Below For Some Stunning Information and To Get A Realization of What Is Happening!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9HP1lBiEUU
New Presentation! Ready for CHANGE!
HELLO EVERYONE! I know that I should be updating everyday what is going on about population control and such but there is not really much new evidence about it. Instead I have decided that I will be posting about different ideas and points about the situation. Today's comes from a website called
http://www.albatrus.org/english/lien_of_oz/family%20issues/population_control.htm which present some excellent historic backgroun, ideas, there own unique way of introducing population as well as points of view on population control. I found the website to be quite helpful and brought about some fresh ideas and inspiring quotes to make me care even more about the worlds massive and over flowing population. ENJOY :)
Friday, 20 May 2011
Population is trying to be controlled
Interesting fact #101: The worlds population grow by 80 million every year. I thought today I would lead with an interesting fact and make you more aware of how serious the situation is. There is a sense of alarming when the number billion is tossed around. The worlds population is 7 billion people as of 2011and imagine that is continues to grow by 80 million every year. In 50 years there could be a population of over 10 billion. Although there are preparations to reduce and control the population in 50 years it has yet to see any real evidence towards this project. The website below will show you facts and explain what is being done, different scenarios of population as well as plans for the future. I hope you will all take the time to read it and get a better knowledge of the population of earth.
http://www.populationmedia.org/issues/population/?gclid=CMvXkpDb9qgCFUMUKgod7hb5Tg
Monday, 16 May 2011
Another Interesting Article!
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2314438
I know, I'm sorry followers for posting so many posts all at once but because I have not been on in a while I felt the need to do as much as I can to keep you posted. THIS ARTICLE IS FROM FINANCIAL POST, IT IS NOT MY OWN. I would however like to state that this article makes a strong point on Population Control and reiterates what every book, website, and main facts say. There needs to begin a new policy even if it is as drastic as The One Child Policy in China. I believe that Canada should adopt this to make their own contribution even if were not the biggest population, If Canada shows its support we could jump start other countries want to join in. Enjoy this comic below!
I know, I'm sorry followers for posting so many posts all at once but because I have not been on in a while I felt the need to do as much as I can to keep you posted. THIS ARTICLE IS FROM FINANCIAL POST, IT IS NOT MY OWN. I would however like to state that this article makes a strong point on Population Control and reiterates what every book, website, and main facts say. There needs to begin a new policy even if it is as drastic as The One Child Policy in China. I believe that Canada should adopt this to make their own contribution even if were not the biggest population, If Canada shows its support we could jump start other countries want to join in. Enjoy this comic below!
Read and Learn
There is an interesting book called Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population by Matthew Connolly, it talks about the controversies of population control and although marked with good intentions, it failed in policies that did not work.
Just thought that some or all of you might be interested in reading up on Population Control and how it works and why it has failed. Research more books that you will find help better educate you on the subject and maybe one day you can HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM! :D
Fun Facts on Population Around The World
Hey Followers! Just letting everyone know there is this cool website that I think you should check out. It seems legitimate but take a look for yourself, it gives information like birth rate, death rate, life expectancy male/female, growth rates, etc. If your interested in fun facts take a look! :)
http://www.os-connect.com/pop/
Friday, 15 April 2011
TOP 10 MOST POPULATED COUNTRIES
The most populated country in the world is China which is 1,330,141,295 but not that far behind them is India with a population of 1,173,108,018. As we all know China one child policy is helping them reduce their population where as Indias population does continue to increase. After taking these things into account in a decade the world could see India could see them surpass their Asian neighbours. The link below will show you the top 10 most populated countires along with their population number.
Population vs Food Supply
Population versus Food Supply. It continues to be a challenge that goes unresolved and not pushed by countries as problem. The population continues to grow at a rate which will cause problems for the food consumption rate of food. It will also cause problems for the problem of figuring where to house the increasing population as well as what area can be identified as suitable environment for them.
The link below will help provide any additional information that you seek on the subject of: Population vs Food Supply
The link below will help provide any additional information that you seek on the subject of: Population vs Food Supply
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Population Control - Why choose this topic?
The reason I chose this topics is because it was the only one I was left with but after getting to know what there was to write about and the problem this causes to so many cases, it became something that was worth really getting into. Follow me if you would continue to like to know about the population control problems, how it is being monitored, and the recent news about it.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Population Control - Just Getting Started
I personally agree with the articles point of view about population control, that if it is not monitored, then it can cause damaging consequences in the near future.
http://articles.cnn.com/2007-09-25/tech/overpopulation.overview_1_world-population-population-institute-population-estimates?_s=PM:TECH
That distinction will pass to India, where more than 1.8 billion people could be competing for their country's resources, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base.
The 2007 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the United Nations Population Division set China's current population at around 1.3 billion people, and India's at around 1.1 billion. If population continues to grow at the estimated rate, such rapid growth in India between now and mid-century could lead to overpopulation and an uncertain future for the environment and the people living there.
And while organizations like the Population Institute and the United Nations Population Fund are working to promote the human rights and environmental consequences of overpopulation, not everyone views the newest population estimates with pessimism.
"Nothing ever continues at its present rate, neither the stock market nor population growth," said Doug Allen, the dean of the school of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an expert in the history of cities and urban design, which he's taught for more than 31 years.
"There is a substantial body of evidence that the world population will flatten out in about 30 years," he said. "Built into that model would be an assumption that more of the world's population will become urban, and as such the population will begin to decline."
Citing historical evidence of falling birthrates in urban populations, Allen looks to Italy as a current example of the phenomenon.
"Italy right now [is] not at a point where it can sustain its current level. And I don't think that's because people in Italy have suddenly become aware of the need to conserve resources. I think it has more to do with decisions that are made by families on the margin not to have as many children."
Consequences of overpopulation
Overpopulation occurs when a population's density exceeds the capacity of the environment to supply the health requirements of an individual, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
(Page 2 of 3)Nine billion is an exceptional amount of people, considering the world's population only reached 1 billion in 1830, according to the Population Institute, a nonprofit organization that works to fund population and family planning programs around the world.
By 1999, world population reached 6 billion, and in the relatively short time between 2007 and 2050, there could be roughly 2.4 billion more people on Earth needing clean water, space and other natural resources from their environment in order to survive.
Governments facing overpopulation will also struggle to manage waste, said Allen. "Handling your waste and the public health consequences of not handling it well is the biggest problem that will be faced in rapidly growing urban areas in the developing world." When London, England, faced a population boom in the 1850s, for example, its infrastructure was not prepared for the excess waste, which resulted in Cholera outbreaks.
"Huge outbreaks," said Allen. "Fifty-thousand people dying over the summer. That's the kind of thing that in the developed world we no longer have problems with, but in the developing world are very, very real."
Smith said that 97 percent of world population growth between now and 2050 will occur in the developing world, where governments face serious economic and social challenges.
"I would say most of this is in sub-Saharan Africa, where by every other health indicator, they rank at the bottom," Smith said. "This growth rate is taking place despite the high levels of HIV and AIDS and [tuberculosis] and malaria."
(Page 3 of 3)Globally, Bernstein said the poorest fifth of people in countries with rapid population growth have twice as many children, on average, as the wealthy people in those same countries.
In addition to the growing demands of developing nations, emerging countries like China and India are rapidly industrializing, said Smith. "Their demands for food alone will have considerable impact on global markets."
China's government has instituted population control methods in order to curb growth. Their controversial "one child" policies have garnered an uneasy reception, especially in rural populations, where people complain of stiff fines or forced sterilizations and abortions as a result of breaking population laws.
Traditionally, rural populations are larger than urban populations, said Smith. This is because rural families need to be larger in order to work and live off the land, and urban populations -- with better education, health care and family planning opportunities -- offer parents the luxury of choosing how many children they will have, he said.
This year is the first year that rural and urban populations are nearly equal, according to the United Nations Population Fund's annual report. This creates a mixed bag of concerns, according to Smith, that include susceptibility of young urban populations in poor countries with weak governments to recruitment for terrorism and conditions of instability.
"We have never in the history of the world experienced urban growth rates or metropolitan growth rates at the same level that we are experiencing now," said Allen.
http://articles.cnn.com/2007-09-25/tech/overpopulation.overview_1_world-population-population-institute-population-estimates?_s=PM:TECH
Overpopulation could be people, planet problem
By the year 2050, China will no longer be the most populous country in the world.That distinction will pass to India, where more than 1.8 billion people could be competing for their country's resources, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base.
The 2007 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the United Nations Population Division set China's current population at around 1.3 billion people, and India's at around 1.1 billion. If population continues to grow at the estimated rate, such rapid growth in India between now and mid-century could lead to overpopulation and an uncertain future for the environment and the people living there.
"Nothing ever continues at its present rate, neither the stock market nor population growth," said Doug Allen, the dean of the school of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an expert in the history of cities and urban design, which he's taught for more than 31 years.
"There is a substantial body of evidence that the world population will flatten out in about 30 years," he said. "Built into that model would be an assumption that more of the world's population will become urban, and as such the population will begin to decline."
Citing historical evidence of falling birthrates in urban populations, Allen looks to Italy as a current example of the phenomenon.
"Italy right now [is] not at a point where it can sustain its current level. And I don't think that's because people in Italy have suddenly become aware of the need to conserve resources. I think it has more to do with decisions that are made by families on the margin not to have as many children."
Consequences of overpopulation
Overpopulation occurs when a population's density exceeds the capacity of the environment to supply the health requirements of an individual, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
(Page 2 of 3)
Environmentalists have long been concerned about the resources threatened by rapidly growing human populations, focusing on phenomenon such as deforestation, desertification, air pollution and global warming. But the worst-case scenario for people experiencing overpopulation, according to Lawrence Smith, president of the Population Institute, is a lack of fresh, clean water.
"If the water goes, the species goes," he said.
"That sounds kind of alarmist," Smith conceded, "considering there's water all around us, but 97 percent plus is saltwater, and the freshwater that we use to sustain ourselves is just native to 3 percent. ... So the accessibility of water, the competition for water, the availability of water is going to be a major, major threat," he said, noting world population growth estimates at more than 9 billion people by 2050.
"If the water goes, the species goes," he said.
"That sounds kind of alarmist," Smith conceded, "considering there's water all around us, but 97 percent plus is saltwater, and the freshwater that we use to sustain ourselves is just native to 3 percent. ... So the accessibility of water, the competition for water, the availability of water is going to be a major, major threat," he said, noting world population growth estimates at more than 9 billion people by 2050.
By 1999, world population reached 6 billion, and in the relatively short time between 2007 and 2050, there could be roughly 2.4 billion more people on Earth needing clean water, space and other natural resources from their environment in order to survive.
Governments facing overpopulation will also struggle to manage waste, said Allen. "Handling your waste and the public health consequences of not handling it well is the biggest problem that will be faced in rapidly growing urban areas in the developing world." When London, England, faced a population boom in the 1850s, for example, its infrastructure was not prepared for the excess waste, which resulted in Cholera outbreaks.
"Huge outbreaks," said Allen. "Fifty-thousand people dying over the summer. That's the kind of thing that in the developed world we no longer have problems with, but in the developing world are very, very real."
Smith said that 97 percent of world population growth between now and 2050 will occur in the developing world, where governments face serious economic and social challenges.
"I would say most of this is in sub-Saharan Africa, where by every other health indicator, they rank at the bottom," Smith said. "This growth rate is taking place despite the high levels of HIV and AIDS and [tuberculosis] and malaria."
(Page 3 of 3)
Health care -- and the lack of it -- is also a factor in the rising populations in developing countries, according to Stan Bernstein, United Nations Population Fund senior policy adviser.
"We've seen a global trend of people wanting smaller families, but in the poorer settings that's not quite the case yet," Bernstein said. "And it's certainly not the case within countries that the poor [do not] have access to the kinds of services that the wealthy avail themselves of."
"We've seen a global trend of people wanting smaller families, but in the poorer settings that's not quite the case yet," Bernstein said. "And it's certainly not the case within countries that the poor [do not] have access to the kinds of services that the wealthy avail themselves of."
Globally, Bernstein said the poorest fifth of people in countries with rapid population growth have twice as many children, on average, as the wealthy people in those same countries.Birthrates make a difference.
The massive growth in developing nations is due in large part to fertility rates, where women during their reproductive years will have an average of five children, said Smith. "That's considerably higher than it is in the developed world."
In addition to the growing demands of developing nations, emerging countries like China and India are rapidly industrializing, said Smith. "Their demands for food alone will have considerable impact on global markets."
China's government has instituted population control methods in order to curb growth. Their controversial "one child" policies have garnered an uneasy reception, especially in rural populations, where people complain of stiff fines or forced sterilizations and abortions as a result of breaking population laws.
Traditionally, rural populations are larger than urban populations, said Smith. This is because rural families need to be larger in order to work and live off the land, and urban populations -- with better education, health care and family planning opportunities -- offer parents the luxury of choosing how many children they will have, he said.
This year is the first year that rural and urban populations are nearly equal, according to the United Nations Population Fund's annual report. This creates a mixed bag of concerns, according to Smith, that include susceptibility of young urban populations in poor countries with weak governments to recruitment for terrorism and conditions of instability.
"We have never in the history of the world experienced urban growth rates or metropolitan growth rates at the same level that we are experiencing now," said Allen.
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