The world population growth problem
According to Galarza (2015), it establishes that overpopulation is “a demographic phenomenon that occurs when the high density of the population causes negative consequences in the environment. These sequelae can be of various types such as damage to the environment, destruction of ecosystems, famine, conflicts, decreased quality of life and others ”. According to the United Nations (2019), stable that the decelerated growth of the population is given by the drastic change that has occurred largely due to the increase in the number of people who survive until they reach the reproductive age and has been accompanied by largeChanges in fertility rates, which has increased urbanization processes and migratory movements. According to a United Nations (2019) report, “it estimates that the increase in population by 2050 is about 9.700 million and about 11.000 million for 2100 ".
According to Vásquez (2019), he states that "the factors that influence the population growth of a country and the world include among other economic, military, political, social and moral factors". For Vásquez (2019), "The first step to face population growth is the education of individuals in the subject focused on the factors that influence the problem". The United Nations (2019), establishes as three the main factors that influence population growth, these being the increase in “birth rates, increased longevity and international migration. The United Nations (2019) in their latest report indicated that the current world population is 7.700 million people.
According to a report presented by the United Nations (2019), it was established that the most populated countries are China and India. The United Nations (2019), indicated that “61% of the world’s population lives in Asia (4.700 million), 17% in Africa (1.300 million), 10% in Europe (750 million), 8% in Latin America and the Caribbean (650 million) and the remaining 5% in North America (370 million) and Oceania (43 million). China (1.440 million) and India (1.390 million) The countries with the largest population continue to be. Both have more than 1.000 million people and represent 19% and 18% of the world population respectively ”.
When we wonder about whether is overpopulation an environmental problem? It is necessary to highlight those that Galarza (2015) mentions when it refers to Malthus’s theory that “argues that natural resources will decrease while the human population is increasing, therefore, this would cause a moment when povertyAnd the lack of food would end the human race ”. As well as the same author Galarza (2015), mentions the book “Collapse: Why do some societies last and others disappear? Of Professor Jared M. Diamond ”, where there are mention of eight factors that make a society collapse based on the principle that“ one of the factors it mentions is human population growth, and even beyond pointing to this as a problem, it indicates that many ofThe other problems are direct consequences of the high population density of a given sector. Among the factors that lead to the collapse of a society are: 1. The deforestation and destruction of the habitat, 2. Soil problems, 3. Water management problems, 4. Excessive hunting, 5. Excessive fishing, 6. The consequences of introducing species that are usually invasive, 7. Human population growth, 8. The increase in per capita impact on the environment ”(Galarza, 2015).
According to Arriols (2018), it raises two fundamental and irreparable consequences of overpopulation, aThe natural means of resource production ". Another factor that Arriols (2018) exposes is that due to overpopulation, the destruction of ecosystems originates and this is because “when abusing the available natural resources, we end up destroying them, which entails that they cannot be used again inthe future. A good example can be seen in the abusive use of aquifers water. When making excessive consumption of this water from aquifers, they get to dry and, consequently, they can no longer retain new water from rainfall. Consequently, a natural resource such as the water of the aquifer in question, and that if it had been consumed in a responsible manfutures. This also happens with soils, with ecosystems, or with energy resources ”.
To complement the question of whether population growth has an impact on and for this I will cite an article that wrote Anonymous (2012), expressing that overpopulation
It is one of the main problems that deteriorate the environment, because the progressive increase and saturation of the population in a certain region causes many animal and plant species to be extinguished by the progress of urban spots, pollution, which, whichIt is a problem that becomes larger every day due to the use of more vehicles and the industrialization of emerging countries. This excess of people who progressively accumulate in a certain region, causes an uncontrolled pollution to occur, which results in animal and plant species being displaced from their natural habitat.
To close this essay I will be talking about the possible solutions that are currently being taken to control the problem of world population growth. There are many options that arise to control the population, but one of the most important is education. For Arriols (2018), it establishes three perspectives from which population growth could be controlled. Author Arriols (2018), proposes that the first solution would be to reduce the population, since according to Arriols (2018) “a simple solution can be provided by reducing the number of people who consume natural resources and would mean giving up having children and, inthe case of having them, opt for adoption instead of reproduction. In this way, the consumption of natural resources is reduced, since the population would not increase, but the existing population would be relocated, which would not increase demographic pressure on the planet ”. The second proposal established by Arriols (2018) in “consuming less natural resources” and the third would be the “most efficient production” and that is where the author expresses that it would be about changing traditional modes, that is, redicating theUse of natural resources, but obtaining the same results, the author shows us that an example of this would be the hydroponic crops that do not involve the use of the earth but of the water for its production.
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