Consumption Overpopulation and Its Effects on the Environment

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Consumption Overpopulation
Think about a sign that says EARTH Max Capacity 10 billion. Based on what they have the human population plans out parties. They have a lack of space and resources. Anyone who would plan these parties would have to take in account for the amount of people that would have to scrunch in with each other, and how many people would not have enough food to last the party. Which basically makes it so the guests are down to a certain number. Our planet is a close similarity to the already mentioned party. Just like how a large room can only offer a certain amount of resources. Despite this idea, the concepts of overpopulation, and resource degradation still are at large and are a risk.
The concept of the word consumption overpopulation refers to the pollution and decline of the surrounding area when the inhabitants takes in more than what the planet has to offer in terms of urbanization, overpopulation, and poverty (Berg & Hager,2007). The Bergen laboratories state that the concept we wrote about is a risk chain we like to label as Human-Environment-Human chain. The chain starts with changes to the very environment.
Innovations, Overpopulation, and its role on the Environment
A certain article that is written by Pratarelli and Chiarelli (2007) by the name of Extinction and Overspecialization states that specialization in human skill towards change has gone too far in terms of specialization. According to Praterelli and Chiarelli the ideas of technology, overpopulation, and the current intake patterns are starting to create the problem of resource degradation and the inequality in our planet (Pratarelli and Chiarelli, 2007). The very premise of adapting through change is a failure to allow time for a sl...

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