Globalization: Problems with Population Growth
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As we approach the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the population of the world lingers just below 6.8 billion people. Since the last 200 years we have been experiencing an explosive growth in the earthÂ’s populace. This can be attributable to a number of factors such as the agricultural revolution, industrial revolution and advances in health care. The majority of the population growth has been observed to occur in developing countries (Global 77, 205). According to the U.N. world population is expected to surpass nine billion by 2050 (Global 93). With increasing population comes a wide array of problems such as food shortages, economic disparities, There have been a number of efforts made to address over ...
... 85-86). Some ethical issues arising from population mitigation efforts are the gender demographic imbalance. In China and other countries male offspring are preferred over females. Implanting a once child policy can lead to aborting, abandoning and killing of female fetuses/infants. Education of women is not enough if there are cultural constraints and no supplies available. In come cultures female education is not encouraged especially regarding the subject in discussion. This can impede any efforts to educate women.
In conclusion, if nothing is done to alleviate population growth we will face an increasingly difficult future. The world's population will soon reach a level where there will not be enough resources to sustain life as we know it.
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