Political
POSITIVE POLITICAL EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
- TRADE BECOMES EASIER BETWEEN COUNTRIES
- MORE VOTERS IN ELECTIONS
- MORE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
- WATER SHORTAGE
- WATER CONTAMINATION
- SPECIES LOSS
- RESOURCE DEPLETION
POSITIVE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
- higher efficiency in mass transportation, manufacturing, and large scale industries
- INCREASE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
- IMMIGRATION
POSITIVE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
Efficiency of mass transportation, large scale industries, manufacturing
High demand and lower costs
Greater cultural variety
WHAT IS THE NEW LEGISLATION THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT IN INDIA?
2 CHILD RULE FOR FAMILIES
NEGATIVE POLITICAL EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
- HIGH TAXES
- GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SERVICES TO EVERYONE
- COMPETITION BETWEEN COUNTRIES
BY WHAT YEAR WILL HALF THE POPULATION BE LIVING WITH WATER SHORTAGES?
2030
NEGATIVE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
- RESOURCE DEPLETION
- LOWER QUALITY EDUCATION
- LESS HOUSING AVAILABLE
- ECONOMIC STRESS OF IMMIGRATION
NEGATIVE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
Conflicts of cultures in contained areas
Pressure on health care system and schools
Increased crime / violence when resources are decreased
HOW MANY TIMES LARGER IS CANADA THAN INDIA
3 TIMES AS LARGE
WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO RAISE TAXES AS THE POPULATION INCREASES?
- LARGER ELDERLY POPULATION
- to provide sufficient health care, education and other services for everyone
Scientists warn that within a __ decades, at least half of all plant and animal species on Earth will be extinct
FIVE DECADES
WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION?
- IMMIGRANTS GET A CHANCE AT A NEW, SAFER LIFE
- THEY CAN MAKE MONEY TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES OR POSSIBLY BRING THEM OVER TO CANADA
ASPECTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT COME FROM OVERPOPULATION
- FOOD
- FASHION
- LANGUAGE
- RELIGION
Each person on Earth now requires ___ more land to supply his or her needs than the planet can supply
a third more land
HOW DOES OVERPOPULATION CAUSE COMPETITION BETWEEN COUNTRIES?
- COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES
- CONFLICT OF RELIGION
- COMPETITION FOR POLITICAL POWER
WHAT HAS THE OVERPOPULATION OF HUMANS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT?
climate change, habitat loss, pollution, acidifying oceans, invasive species, over-exploitation of natural resources, overfishing, poaching and human overpopulation
WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION?
- PUTS ECONOMIC STRAIN ON CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
- THERE IS NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH JOBS OR HOUSING FOR IMMIGRANTS
- INCREASED POPULATION MEANS RESOURCES ARE SPREAD THIN
WITH OVERPOPULATION, WHAT ARE THE SERVICES THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ADEQUATELY PROVIDE
- HEALTH CARE
- EDUCATION
- GARBAGE DISPOSAL
WHAT IS THE LARGEST ECONOMIC CONCERN REGARDING OVERPOPULATION
RESOURCE DEPLETION
WHY DOES CRIME ELEVATE WITH OVERPOPULATION?
- COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES
- THEFT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE
THE POPULATION DENSITY IN INDIA IS ____ TIMES GREATER THAN IN CANADA
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