Overpopulation: Ten links

1. http://articles.cnn.com/2007-09-25/tech/overpopulation.overview_1_world-population-population-institute-population-estimates/2?_s=PM:TECH

CNN Article.
Breif population summary on china, india and america. States that the Population Institute and the United Nations Population Fund are working to promote the human rights and environmental consequences of overpopulation. Has population numbers for the year 1830, 1999, and estimated population for 2050. Has some information on the family numbers and birthrate. Quotes from 'Smith' but i havent found who 'Smith' is.

2. http://expertscolumn.com/content/results-overpopulation

Other sources.
Short article on the consequenses of over population such as depletion of water, air,  and natural sources. Societal impacts like increase in living expenses, increasing welfare expenditures or unemployment. But this website has a paragraph on the demand  from overpopulation such as increase in food production, industrial production, electricity generation, accommodation, clothing , transport facilities etc.

 

3. http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=98769%3Athe-concern-over-population-explosion&Itemid=457

Guardian News (Nigeria) Article. Cover Nigeria's popuplation increase and how Nigeria is coping with it's overpopulation. This article compares, in some areas, Nigeria with China.


4. http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201006010900

Radio Recording
A recording of a radio broadcast regarding Population with Julia Whitty, Kavita Ramdas, and William Ryerson. This host is Michael Krasny.
Date: June 1 2010
One female speaker talks about ways of birth control.

5. http://overpopulationisamyth.com/content/episode-5-7-billion-people-will-everyone-please-relax

6. http://geojoedr.tripod.com/id3.html

7. http://www.newsday.com/opinion/viewsday-1.3683911/misinformation-natural-family-planning-is-as-effective-as-artificial-methods-1.4000570

8. http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/understanding-chinas-one-child-policy-7330

9. http://www.alltop10list.com/top-10-list-of-crowded-cities-of-the-world/

10. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/urban-threats2/

Scratch Board

Scratch Board For Overpopulation

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Some notes from websites about overpopulation.

 







Note on fuels (the use of it, is it running out?).
http://www.overpopulation.org/

Methods of an attempt to prevent overpopulation/ overall info about overpopulation: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mischedj/ct_overpop.html

Results of overpopulation:
http://expertscolumn.com/content/results-overpopulation
http://geojoedr.tripod.com/id3.html

List of overpopulated countries:
http://top10hm.com/top-10-populated-countries/

Small note at bottom of this page about the birth/ fertility rate, and has it dropped?
http://overpopulationisamyth.com/content/episode-5-7-billion-people-will-everyone-please-relax

Feeding the world (topic on land, where food can be grown to sustain people):
http://overpopulationisamyth.com/food-theres-lots-it



Thoughts to go over:

• overpopulation and poverty.
• my veiws on poverty... how, what why, when where.
• the increase of longer lives from improved medical treaments, technology, or foods/hygeine
• Running out of resources.
    -natural.- oil, fuel, water, wood (also renewable)
• CO2- global warming- too much peeople own cars, factories are opening
    - Carbon Footprint.
• Space. Overpopulated cities, 

Five Links to summarise.

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