Overpopulation is a state that most nations and counties have globally experienced. It refers to a condition at which land and other resources experience overstretch, or they cannot support life due to a high number of people depending on them. Generally, it involves overcrowding of the people and other living things in a small geographical area that can neither meet their demand, nor can it satisfy human wants. Overpopulation registers both negative and positive impacts. Regarding the dense population also create unstainable economic development as well as causing pressure on the natural resource. As a result, the paper will extensively develop an argumentative discussion to establish a better side and negative side of overpopulation. China, for instance, holds the highest population in the world (Ning_xi). And from the research and analysis conducted, the population projects some impacts that may need to be addressed by its government.
The mutual ecological support becomes less effective when the population grows above the standard line of the natural resources available. Basically, Countries that experience high birth rates than mortality rates tend to increase and grow the population of that area. The continuous process and growth of the people, to some extent, reach a point at which the natural resource does no longer supports the lives of the community optimally. The ecosystem, therefore, becomes tough to live in, and all struggles to meet daily needs are triggered to induce some additional effort for survival. Due to overpopulation, social crimes have increased in China. It is quite evident that the competition of the limited resource by the population leads to integrating means of survival. It merely implies that people no longer get satisfied with available resources, and therefore, they end up using the wrong procedures to acquire the limited resource. Due high population, facilities such as housing and employment become scarce in the area densely populate (Garg). The unemployed suffer from the social necessities that are basic for life, and therefore, they are forced to spend days and nights without shelter. The issue, thus, intensifies the poverty levels of the individual hence contributing low per capita income of the state. Consequently, different industries in China have benefited from the high population that provides ready human labor. The population offers a high supply of the workforce that, in return, leads to a reduction of the wage rates. Concerning the same, the production is effectively manipulated to increase the yields in order to try to meet the unlimited demands of society.
Environmental degradation is also an effect of overpopulation in the states experiencing the condition. The large growing number of people causes an increase in the extraction of natural resources for the purpose of meeting the demands of the people and other lives. Deforestation has been associated with overpopulation as many try to clear lands for settlement as well as setting up industries to create more employment and products to meet their demand. Deforestation, therefore, causes the climatic changes that adversely affect farming practices. In China, global warming has been a great challenge that has led to health problems such as skin cancer that is a result of the climatic change and overpopulation (Uniyal et al.,). Wildlife equally faces negative challenges from overcrowding. The dense population has reduced the areas preserved for wildlife as people squeeze themselves in place for settlement. Thus, food and wildlife habitats are destroyed hence decreasing the sustainability of the wildlife. The situation has been witnessed in central Asia among other nations. The effect further leads to low tourism activities as the areas of the attractions are turned to the settlement basements. Consequently, overpopulation at times helps the developing and developed countries to developing innovative measures toward survival means. For instance, China and India have perpetually advanced in technology to ensure that they are able to meet the demand of the population (Suri). China has invented machines that are capable of producing massive output that in one way, meet the need of the citizens as well as gain foreign exchange benefits.
Water and Air pollution is also an effect of the overpopulation. Indian nations have set multiple industries with the aim to meet the unlimited wants of the population. In the process, the industries end up disposing of their effluents to the rivers and water bodies. Air pollution is a significant effect of the industrialization that is mostly caused by the overpopulation pressure to satisfy its demands. The air population in China has caused the break of the ozone layer hence the development of global warming, thus changing the climatic conditions that increase the temperature. Therefore, such pollutions have led to the development of health constraints that, in return, cause the government to spend more on handling health problems. The health problem thus reduces the productivity of the state hence low GDP of the country. Positively, overpopulation has always created a ready market for the products produced in the country. Basically, the overpopulation enables the country to develop its infant industries as there is still a high demand for the good. Besides, the unlimited want of the population helps the inventors to produce goods and services without making losses continuously. On the same account, business is able to grow and develop within a short span, given that the population is high.
It has been noted that overpopulation in different nations raises the cost of living. The unemployment and scarcity of the resources cause the production cost raise hence high prices of the products. Consequently, overpopulation has enabled most people to live below poverty levels due to unemployment than influences the cost of living. Generally, in high populated areas like china, dependency is always high for those who are able to secure jobs and carry out some economic activities. For that reason, the family and personal developments become a challenge as the little they get is used or rather utilized to provide food and basic needs to the dependents. Contrary, overpopulation creates attractions, foreign inventors due to the availability of cheap labor as well as the market. In processes of the foreign investors taking their venture in the overpopulated areas such as Asia and India, infrastructures are developed, and knowledge is transmitted to the city (Pimentel). Primarily, high population projects and help the government generate high revenues from foreign investors as well as the population itself.
Regarding governance and development of the overpopulated states such as Nigeria, the distribution of wealth and management is weak. Overpopulation poses a challenge in coordinating and budgeting for the nation. Public services are, therefore, problematic, causing the governance to appear dull and unstable. Public schools, health, defense, and security, as well as other civil payment plans, are of a significant hiccup to the government experiencing overpopulation. The management of unemployment in such countries has posed a challenge globally, and therefore, education about sex and reproduction management leads to further budgets. For instance, China is one of the leading nations in population growth, and henceforth, currently, it has incurred high cost of treatment and researchers in order to come up with a coronavirus antinode that is capable of stopping the catastrophe of the virus. On the contrary bit, the government benefits the support of the donor support that is ready to use and do further researches with the aim to govern and restore the normality of the nation. As masses densities increase, laws, which fill in as a basic social judge of relations between people, will even more as frequently as conceivable control relationship among individuals and develop a prerequisite for more standards and confinements to deal with these coordinated efforts. Aldous Huxley foresaw in 1958 that vote based framework is undermined on account of overpopulation and could offer climb to fanatic style governments, and it turns out he was right. Rules and constraints can be keen considerations, yet basically in light of the fact that they are basic in order to oblige the creating peoples that are enabling such courses of action (Pimentel). Without these methodologies, the overall common crisis, and the social and financial issues that follow would be more unfortunate than they are today. Cases of such constraints would set-tops for water usage, on driving, and on what people can do on their property. Some are brilliant contemplations, while others may be exorbitantly prominent, yet all are exacerbated by overpopulation.
Generally, the overpopulation is a global plight that requires to be regulated and controlled to maintain the isostasy of the natural resources with human wants or rather demands. In connection with the United Nations discussion on the population effects and retardation of the economic development, various aspects show that overpopulation adverse effects are more vigorous compared to a positive one. Therefore it is the mandate of each and every government to ensure that the population grows at a sustainable rate (Pimentel). With respect to its degradation nature of the overpopulation, education to reduce overpopulation as well as initiating researchers to mitigate the growing populace. Adversely, induce the preventive measures and laws governing the state from a continuous growth rate of the population by reducing birth rates. Family planning and laws governing the number of children to bear are on significant importance to reduce overpopulation for sustainable development and a well manageable populace.
