A Comprehensive Analysis of Overpopulation and Its Global Impact

This essay examines the multifaceted issue of overpopulation, defining it as a state where the human population exceeds the ecological capacity. It explores the detrimental impacts, including resource scarcity in areas like shelter, food, and transportation, and the resulting environmental deterioration, leading to a lower quality of life. The essay references scholarly sources to highlight the links between overpopulation and increased unemployment, crime rates, and social conflicts. It also discusses the strain on limited resources, the exacerbation of environmental problems like pollution, and the potential for increased disease spread. The essay emphasizes the urgent need for measures to address overpopulation and its associated challenges, including the potential rise to 10 billion people in the coming decade and the rise of carbon dioxide, freshwater usage and loss of tropical forests. The essay concludes by underscoring the importance of understanding and mitigating the adverse effects of overpopulation on biodiversity, global warming, and overall quality of life, as well as the need for intensive farming practices.

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MAIN BODY
Judge, (2018) sought to determine the fact that, Overpopulation is referred to as a state
where the human population tends to rise to the certain extent which extends the capacity
associated with the ecological setting. Overpopulation eventually influence the available
essential material. This results in scare of resources associated with the shelter, transportation,
social amenities, food, etc. Overpopulation in turn contributes towards environmental
deterioration which in turn tends to worsen the quality of life and also results in disintegration of
certain set of population. Uniyal and et.al., (2020) said that, Overpopulated nations also in turn
tends to have lower degree of available jobs, which in turn largely contributes towards high
degree of unemployment. Moreover, lack of unemployment eventually leads to increase in the
crime rates related with drug cartels, theft, etc. Such group of people in turn are exploited who
are not attaining various set of necessities and resources related with good living of standards,
shelter, food, wealth, etc. Moreover, Zhao and et.al., (2018) examined the fact that,
Overpopulation also results in rise in conflicts and violence because people tends to compete
with the set of available limited resources. Overpopulation in turn tends to worsen various set of
numerous social and environmental factors associated with the overcrowded living conditions,
poor communities, increase in diseases, malnutrition, pollution, etc. Overpopulation tends to give
rise to the key problems of the world which mainly includes lack of food, water, energy
shortages, etc. The world population in turn is very threatening because it will rise to 10 billion
in the coming decade. It also leads to change in the climate which in turn largely affects its
business operations. Additionally, the global population is expected to rise to 11 billion by the
year 2100. Increase in the population tends to result in increase in high level of carbon dioxide,
freshwater usage, capture of marine fish and high degree of loss associated with tropical forest.
High degree of population in turn leads to high degree of environmental pollution which in turn
largely affects the world. Singh, Singh and Srivastava, (2016) said that, Overpopulation in turn
also results in high degree of consumption to the natural resources which in turn largely affects
the earth. Disease such as HIV, Tuberculosis, dysentery and Malaria tends to rise faster in
polluted areas. There is an increase concern associated with the habitat loss because of the over-
crowdedness. This results in increased loss associated with ecosystem which mainly includes
wildlife, coral reefs, grasslands, wetlands, etc. are largely influenced because of overpopulation.
It has been examined that, around 81 million individuals tend to contribute towards world

population every year. Overpopulation in turn also results in loss of biodiversity and results in
amplifying the global warming and adverse climate change. It also results in reduction in
availability of the fresh water and in turn also lowers the life expectancy rate and diminishing
quality of life. Overpopulation in turn also results in intensive farming practices (What is
Overpopulation?, 2020). Hence, necessary measure must be taken to reduce such problems
associated with over-crowdedness.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Judge, A., 2018. Prohibition of Reference to Overpopulation of the Planet.
Singh, R.P., Singh, A. and Srivastava, V. eds., 2016. Environmental issues surrounding human
overpopulation. IGI Global.
Uniyal, S and et.al., 2020. Human overpopulation: impact on environment. In Megacities and
Rapid Urbanization: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 20-30). IGI Global.
Zhao, D. and et.al., 2018. Analysis on the dietary survey results of 60 years old and over
population in different economic area of Zhejiang Province in 2010-2012. Wei sheng yan
jiu= Journal of hygiene research, 47(1), pp.37-40.
Online
What is Overpopulation?. 2020. [Online]. Available
through:<https://www.eartheclipse.com/environment/problems-of-overpopulation.html>