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OVERPOPULATION - Coggle Diagram
OVERPOPULATION
DEFINITION
not enough room for people
A short definition could be that the number of people on the planet grows over the Earth's capacity.
modern world
The technology over the last few decades has increased to a point where saving lives is much easier to do.
healthy people means more people
Even though there are diseases occuring on the planet, there is overall much more people - the ability to save lives is going hand in hand with increasing lifespan and growing population.
important issue
This is one of the most important issue to solve if we want to keep on living the way we do now, so our children and next generations could live a good life.
IMPACT
most of the Earth
This problem is now problem of the whole world, developing nations are struggling but so are the already developed ones - maybe less but they still do.
resources
With the growth of population there is not enough natural recources for this amount of people.
environment
The overuse of gases, oil etc. leads to a huge environment damage - with the number of vehicles growing daily and other products that are made - the pollution is getting to a dangerous norm.
conflicts
With the growing numbers of starving people, poverty and immigration people don't have much left - all these problems lead to conflict and wars over places, food incomes or even money in general.
unemployment and crime
The rise in unemployment caused by fewer jobs for large amount of people leads to a huge growth in crime.
extinction
The demand for land grows and people need more spaces. That leads to the destruction of natural habitats like forests and extinction of wildlife species.
SOLLUTION
better education
It plays an important role here, educating the masses can help them understand the need to only have 1-2 children.
tax benefits
As people are in the need of money, they could pay more attention to the issue if there was money included as a reward.
sex education knowledge
People need to be educated from a young age - importantly by professionals who can prepare them for their future in the right way.
social marketing
A low-cost but working method to spread awarness could be really useful - something like posters and other printed materials to let people know.
THE CAUSE
decline of death rate
The number of children born is not equal to the death rate anymore, meaning the problem is still growing.
agricultural advancements
Technological revolutions over the time are helping the food production which allows access to food for more people and population constantly grows more.
better medical field
With the industrial revolution came better health care for people leading to defeating diseases and much less people dying afterwards.
overcoming poverty
A lot more poeple can live a life in comfort - not like in the past where the numbers of poor were much higher and lead to a way different life path.
immigration
People want to live a better life in a better country so they move, which eventually means that some places contain much more citizens than others and that leads to overpopulation on some places - in some countries or cities.
lack of family planning
The number of illiterate people in poor countries is still high, and people don't have enought knowledge - there is also the issue with poor countries not selling needed health products for women and not educating them.