The whole world is always dealing with several problems.
Overpopulation is one of the biggest global problems that we are experiencing now. In the course of time, overpopulation will result into a negative effect to each country that may experience it, since most countries are currently encountering this problem. One of the possible negative effects of overpopulation is poverty. Poverty is the lack of human needs.
Overpopulation and poverty seem to run in the same area, which may be a possible reason why it is connected to each other.A. Background of the Study Overpopulation occurs when there are too many people living in an environment. A specific area is said to be overpopulated if the amount of people exceeded the carrying capacity of the specific area. If the area is not able to provide the essential needs that its habitants require, it is more likely to be considered as an overpopulated area.
Currently, overpopulation is one of the biggest problems of our world. There are many countries that are said to be overpopulated, and some countries are said to be in danger of becoming overpopulated as well.There are many possible reasons why overpopulation occurs and why it has become a major problem. Some of the examples are the increase of the amount of births, immigration, depletion of resources, etc.
These causes lead to problems in several countries. On the other hand, poverty seems to have similar problems. Poverty is caused by insufficient resources, insufficient jobs, and lack of education.B. Statement of the Problem 1.
What are the countries that are overpopulated? 2. Are the overpopulated countries suffering poverty issues? 3. How is the government of dealing with population control and poverty?C. Hypothesis Overpopulation is a huge problem to several countries, and it can be controlled at some point. The researcher hypothesizes that overpopulation can lead to poverty.D.
Significance of the Study The researcher believes that the chosen study will be beneficial to current and future researchers, who would want to be aware of the study of the connection of poverty and overpopulation. Also, it would also be beneficial to the readers so that they would be aware of the world’s current situation in terms of overpopulation and poverty.E. Research Method/Design The research method use in data gathering was through interview. The previous researcher has conducted interviews on the opinions of some people about overpopulation and poverty. A table from the inspired essay will also be shown.
Interviews1. Annabelle Tee“For me, overpopulation is not good… because there will be more pollution and this will result to more natural disasters forming around the world. As you can see right now, there have been many strong and deadly typhoons. Overpopulation, however, can result to some good things, such as our own country will progress…”3.
Jan Adrian Chan“Overpopulation, in my opinion, has two sides: the good and the bad. On the good side, with a greater population, we have more people to help in progression. More people equals more manpower, and manpower means a lot to a country. On the other hand however, too many people can cause several things such as traffic congestions, crime, poverty, pollution, etc.” 4. Ninyo Vasquez“Overpopulation can be good for the economy and at the same time bad because there are positive and negative effects.
I think that’s it.II. Review of Related LiteraturePopulation Population is the number of living things that live in one area. According to George, H.
(2011), that population plays a huge role in poverty. Population and poverty is connected to each other and it is a matter of controlling both even if you simply try to control only one of them.Economy According to the article “Real Economy” (2013), Economy is the outcome of a process that involves its technological evolution, history and social organization, as well as its geography, natural resource endowment, and ecology, as main factors. The part of the economy that is concerned with actually producing goods and services, as opposed to the part of the economy that is concerned with buying and selling on the financial market, concerns poverty issues.
Labor Labor is the physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work. Labor is related to the chosen topic of the researcher because the labor is needed to fight poverty. Labor also is being measured if a country is overpopulated.III. Results and Discussions According Shelley, P (2011) that Seven billion people is a lot of people, no doubt about it. Is it too many? The neo-Malthusian view seems reasonable, especially when fortified by such statistics as these (published by the Population Institute).
An estimated 680 million chronically hungry people. As population and hunger increase in the developing world, water availability for irrigation is declining. The FAO estimates that by 2020, 135 million people may lose their land as a result of soil degradation. Of the 20 countries that rank highest on the 2011 Failing States Index (published by Foreign Policy magazine), all but one have a total fertility rate of 3.
5 or higher. Between 1999 and 2011, the world’s population increased by 1 billion.Indeed, these statistics show that there is plenty of poverty. But do they indicate overpopulation? We mustn't let ourselves be bamboozled by numbers. A hundred million people is an increase of roughly half a percentage point. The Earth has the capacity to absorb such numbers.
Today, vast capacities of the earth's resources lie unused. Still more arable land is being destroyed by unsustainable farming or settlement practices. And even more of the earth’s "carrying capacity" is being used to make weapons, or toys, or crops for export — all manner of things that, despite the wretched poverty of most of the world's people, no one needs for survival. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the earth has the capacity to grow food for some 33 billion people. Critics will protest that such tremendous yields would require the dubious efficiencies of monoculture, petrochemical fertilizers and genetic engineering — and that is probably true. Yet it is also true that, in all likelihood, we'll never need to grow anywhere near that much.
Current UN estimates project a plateau population of between 9 and 11 billion people about midway through the next century (and it's worth noting that every time this top figure has been estimated, it has been lower). Modern "industrial" farming techniques make it easier to run large-scale, remotely-managed corporate farms, but they are not needed to create high yields of nutritious food.A latest research says, the current most overpopulated country is the People’s Republic of China, leading with the estimated number of 1.3 billion people. The next most populated country would be The Republic of India, with over 1.
2 billion habitants. However, it has been predicted that its population is going to increase at about 1.6 billion by 2025, which may take over China’s current position as the most overpopulated country all over the world, while the United States of America takes the third place with over 315 million of people living within its borders.Other than the countries China, India and United States, there are many other countries that are said to be already overpopulated, and there are also some countries that are in danger of becoming overpopulated as well, which is why most of these countries are looking for ways to avoid the rapid speed of population before it becomes a major problem.Population growth will always be present.
It cannot be stopped, but it can be controlled. Several governments have already tried to control population growth by establishing new laws that helps in family planning. Cooperation from habitants is needed if the want of controlled population is present. Overpopulation can be stopped, in a matter of years if control is established by now.
Action should be started as early as now.Recommendations The researcher would like to recommend the future researchers to add more subjects that can be discussed and connected to both poverty and overpopulation. The researcher would like to suggest to give more questions about the study and try to make a comparative study about the chosen topic, wherein they can compare overpopulated countries to the ones that are low in population, in terms of their economy. To add up, the researcher would like to suggest to the people who are interested in expanding this study, to conduct a longer procedure in conducting the data and the results for more accurate results.
