What Are the Repercussions of Global Overpopulation?
Before the Industrial Revolution and an increase in the human population, man’s “survival and well being depended on his ability to increase his numbers against all kinds of odds: the ravages of disease, famine and war; adverse weather and the ordeals of settling untamed, uninhabited areas of the globe.” But now we control everything, from the environment to disease, resulting in man’ s only threat to survival in this planet is man itself, through “overpopulation by excessive breeding” (Strauss, 1963).
According to “The Problems of Overpopulation”, written by William T. Penfound in 1968, before the Industrial Revolution the global population had a capacity due to the low resources. As the Industrial Revolution changed the way of society, gradually the birth rate increased as the death rate decreased, leading to overpopulation. In the other hand, in
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Overpopulation leads to low living standards in particular, chronic undernourishment, lower immunity to preventable diseases, and waste of natural resources (the problem with overpopulation). As the human population increases natural resources decrease, which may lead to competition for resources and even higher crime rates (Everything Connects). Increased crime rates are due to the high levels of tension in crowded area, which is yet another effect of overpopulation. This is most likely to occur in poverty-stricken areas (the probable with overpopulation). Although “The Problem With Overpopulation” might be outdated it has many statistics and claims that don 't change over time and coincide with the information found in Everything Connects and other sources. Overpopulation is an issue, that although doesn 't have a lot of attention, that does result in lower living standards in developing countries, scarcity of natural resources and high crime