Can the World Sustain an Increasing Population?

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In conclusion, this essay has focused on three main arguments, specifically the government set of laws, adequacy of resources, and inhabitant life cycle. Overall, it seems that the world may sustain a growing number of inhabitants by having a range of strategies and policies in order to maintain the growth of inhabitants all around the world. Moreover, population growth is unavoidable, but there are some certain ways to control the number of population growth. In other words, it can be concluded that the world may sustain a growing population. Thus, the world ought to prepare to control the rising number of population in the present days and in the future days in order to create a habitable environment and to sustain a growing number of population in the present days and in the future days.

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- Wild, 2003, 51

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- Daily Sundial, 2011, internet

According to the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), 6.5 percent of the 108 billion people who were ever born are living today. That number might seem small at first glance, but think about it for a minute, that’s 6.5 percent of everyone since 50,000 B.C. The problem of overpopulation seems to have a strong correlation to global warming with humans using more than what the Earth can provide for them.

- Government of the Netherlands, 2013, internet

Ensuring sufficient water, food, energy, and other natural resources for a world population of nine billion in 2050, while maintaining the quality of the environment, preventing climate change and reducing further loss of biodiversity. This is a global challenge. The Netherlands is participating in international forums for the sustainable use of natural resources, both in the context of the EU and in that of the United Nations.

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Overpopulation remains the leading driver of hunger, desertification, species depletion and a range of social maladies across the planet. Recently, a spate of op-ed essays have filled the pages of some of world's top newspapers and blogs -- from the Guardian to the New York Times -- challenged this view, declaring that overpopulations is not, nor has ever been, a problem.

- The Huffington post, 2012, internet

Haub calculates that of all humans who have ever lived, only about 6.5 percent are now alive--which means that the number of people who have ever lived is larger than the world's current population. Alas, the dead outnumber the living.

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- Population reference bureau, 2013, internet[pic 4]

- Poston & Bouvier, 2010, 338

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- Baer, 2009, 140[pic 6]

- Scientific American, 2009, internet

There are 6.8 billion of us today, and more are on the way. To make a dent in these problems in the short term without throwing anyone overboard, we will need to radically reduce individual’s footprint on the environment through improvements in technology and possibly wrenching changes in lifestyle.

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