The concerns with overpopulation is that there are getting to be too many people for each of us to get enough resources to live our lives free of hunger and disease. To have the energy to manufacture goods and keep warm. To have places to live, water to drink, social amenities like schools and hospitals. To many of us for all our waste to be treated.
The answer to overpopulation is to maintain the number of people to the point that there is enough of a population to create the social ad lifestyle conditions we want, but not so many that the resources cannot meet their needs
That gets us to the biggest problem with finding or enacting a solution:
Overpopulation is a problem usually expressed as there being too many of "them". "We" are okay.
As a consequence all of the answers to overpopulation are met with the same responses as the proposals for control of global warming:
Observations of nature suggest that the problem of overpopulation will eventually sort itself out. When any population gets too big it suffers from a massive die off due to disease or social stress. In the case of human beings we could add war to the list. This could get messy as these solutions will impact everybody, not just "them". Also there is a tendency for natural or uncontrolled solutions to over-correct the problem. Instead of our present several billion folks we could end up with a few hundred thousand - enough to breed and continue the species, but not enough to continue the civilization or the technology.
So what can we do? As individuals, very little. As individual countries, not much more. As a majority of the human race maybe.
We'd have to agree to:
The "solution" is the hard part. Writers of Science Fiction have come up with man, but none seem overly pleasant. Controlling birth by universal Birth Control, licensing or social pressure is often mentioned. Reducing medical care for the infirm is a potential solution that flies in the face of humanitarians. Some writers even suggest making life or death lottery choices a routine event.
There are quite a few
1. Limit the allowance of Children per couple to 1 child (this continues until the population has reached a stable amount, changing the number to 2)
2. Educating the poor will also help, since the largest population booms are always amongst the poor.
Answer:
The concerns with overpopulation is that there are getting to be too many people for each of us:
* to get enough resources to llve our lives free of hunger and disease * to have the energy to manufacture goods and keep warm * to have places to live, water to drink, social amenities like schools and hospitals * to haver all our waste treated.
The answer to overpopulation is to maintain the number of people to the point that there is enough of a population to create the social and lifestyle conditions we want, but not so many that the resources cannot meet their needs
That gets us to the biggest problem with finding or enacting a solution: Overpopulation is a problem usually expressed as there being too many of "them". "We" are okay.
As a consequence, there is a tendency for the answers to overpopulation to be met with the same responses as the proposals for control of global warming:
* There is no problem. * Why should "we" put ourselves out when "they" are just going to eat up any improvement we make. * We're okay, let "them" solve their own problems. * We will eventually solve the problem without population control by developing new technical answers * It's too big to tackle.
Observations of nature suggest that the problem of overpopulation will eventually sort itself out. When any population gets too big, it suffers from a massive die off due to disease or social stress. In the case of human beings we could add war to the list. This could get messy as these solutions will impact everybody, not just "them". Also there is a tendency for natural or uncontrolled solutions to over-correct the problem. Instead of our present several billion folks we could end up with a few hundred thousand - enough to breed and continue the species, but not enough to continue the civilization or the technology.
So what can we do? As individuals, very little. As individual countries, not much more. As a majority of the human race maybe.
We'd have to agree to:
* Work together for a solution. * Share what we have until we get to the solution. * Abide by the solution after it is available.
The "solution" is the hard part. Writers of Science Fiction have come up with many, but none seem overly pleasant. Controlling birth by universal Birth Control, licensing or social pressure is often mentioned. Reducing medical care for the infirm is a potential solution that flies in the face of humanitarians. Some writers even suggest making life or death lottery choices a routine event.
The easiest way to stop overpopulation is to get every society to embrace the concept of having fewer children. The only way to effectively and humanly do this is through education. People must be informed about the dangers of overpopulation and be given information about how to prevent unwanted pregnancies. People must also be given opportunities, often through more education, to ensure that every child they do have can survive. By making humans aware of the dangers of overpopulation and enabling humanity to take control of their own lives, population growth can be stopped or even reversed.
It would also help to develop better contraceptives, especially for men, who have no contraceptive options other than condoms (which have a high failure) and permanent sterilization. If both males and females had maintenance-free reversible contraceptives with no side effects, unwanted pregnancies would be greatly reduced.
The concerns with overpopulation is that there are getting to be too many people for each of us to get enough resources to live our lives free of hunger and disease. To have the energy to manufacture goods and keep warm. To have places to live, water to drink, social amenities like schools and hospitals. To many of us for all our waste to be treated.
The answer to overpopulation is to maintain the number of people to the point that there is enough of a population to create the social ad lifestyle conditions we want, but not so many that the resources cannot meet their needs
That gets us to the biggest problem with finding or enacting a solution:
Overpopulation is a problem usually expressed as there being too many of "them". "We" are okay.
As a consequence all of the answers to overpopulation are met with the same responses as the proposals for control of global warming:
Observations of nature suggest that the problem of overpopulation will eventually sort itself out. When any population gets too big it suffers from a massive die off due to disease or social stress. In the case of human beings we could add war to the list. This could get messy as these solutions will impact everybody, not just "them". Also there is a tendency for natural or uncontrolled solutions to over-correct the problem. Instead of our present several billion folks we could end up with a few hundred thousand - enough to breed and continue the species, but not enough to continue the civilization or the technology.
So what can we do? As individuals, very little. As individual countries, not much more. As a majority of the human race maybe.
We'd have to agree to:
The "solution" is the hard part. Writers of science fiction have come up with man, but none seem overly pleasant. Controlling birth by universal birth control, licensing or social pressure is often mentioned. Reducing medical care for the infirm is a potential solution that flies in the face of humanitarians. Some writers even suggest making life or death lottery choices a routine event.
The concerns with overpopulation is that there are getting to be too many people for each of us to get enough resources to live our lives free of hunger and disease. To have the energy to manufacture goods and keep warm. To have places to live, water to drink, social amenities like schols and hospitals. To many of us for all our waste to be treated.
The answer to overpopulation is to maintain the number of people to the point that there is enough of a population to create the social and lifestyle conditions we want, but not so many that the resources cannot meet their needs
That gets us to the biggest problem with finding or enacting a solution:
Overpopulation is a problem usually expressed as there being too many of "them". "We" are okay.
As a consequence all of the answers to overpopulation are met with the same responses as the proposals for control of global warming:
* There is no problem. * Why should "we" put ourselves out when "they" are just going to eat up any improvement we make. * We're okay, let "them" solve their own problems. * We will eventually solve the problem without population control by developing new technical answers * It's too big to tackle.
Observations of nature suggest that the problem of overpopulation will eventually sort itself out. When any population gets too big it suffers from a massive die off due to disease or social stress. In the case of human beings we could add war to the list. This could get messy as these solutions will impact everybody, not just "them". Also there is a tendency for natural or uncontrolled solutions to over-correct the problem. Instead of our present several billion folks we could end up with a few hundred thousand - enough to breed and continue the species, but not enough to continue the civilization or the technology.
So what can we do? As individuals, very little. As individual countries, not much more. As a majority of the human race maybe.
We'd have to agree to:
* Work together for a solution. * Share what we have until we get to the solution. * Abide by the solution after it is available.
The"solution" is the hard part. Writers of science fiction have come up with man, but none seem overly pleasant. Controlling birth by universal birth control, licensing or social pressure is often mentioned. Reducing medical care for the infirm is a potential solution that flies in the face of humanitarians. Some writers even suggest making life or death lottery choices a routine event
Birth control.
Answer:
The concerns with overpopulation is that there are getting to be too many people for each of us to get enough resources to llive our lives free of hunger and disease. To have the energy to manufacture goods and keep warm. To have places to live, water to drink, social amenities like schools and hospitals. To many of us for all our waste to be treated.
The answer to overpopulation is to maintain the number of people to the point that there is enough of a population to create the social ad lifestyle conditions we want, but not so many that the resources cannot meet their needs
That gets us to the biggest problem with finding or enacting a solution:
Overpopulation is a problem usually expressed as there being too many of "them". "We" are okay.
Observations of nature suggest that the problem of overpopulation will eventually sort itself out. When any population gets too big it suffers from a massive die off due to disease or social stress. In the case of human beings we could add war to the list. This could get messy as these solutions will impact everybody, not just "them". Also there is a tendency for natural or uncontrolled solutions to over-correct the problem. Instead of our present several billion folks we could end up with a few hundred thousand - enough to breed and continue the species, but not enough to continue the civilization or the technology.
So what can we do? As individuals, very little. As individual countries, not much more. As a majorty of the human race maybe.
We'd have to agree to:
The"solution" is the hard part. Writers of science fiction have come up with man, but none seem overly pleasant. Controlling birth by universal birth control, licensing or social pressure is often mentioned. Reducing medical care for the infirm is a potential solution that flies in te face of humanitarians. Some writers even suggest making life or death lottery choices a routine event.
--> improve family planning facilities, e.g. condoms, the pill, abortion etc. --> encourage migration
Birth control/education on contraception practice.
decreased disease
Coastal overpopulation means1. Less fish in the sea 2.Less beaches for getting a suntan. 3.More work for lifeguards.
Fighting, disease,and starvation
increased famine energy shortages
Starvation, war, disease and death.
Overpopulation?
education
Overpopulation
overpopulation
overcrowd is overpopulation..........
what is the overpopulation for striped dolphin
they did nothing about this!
how can overpopulation cause an ecosystem to change
overpopulation
Europe is not experiencing overpopulation B. Europe
everyone.
Information on overpopulation can be found by searching the internet. It is also possible to find information at a library.