Effects of over population on economic growth in nigeria

  

  
   Effects of over population on economic growth and man-power. The rate at which human population increases on daily bases IS quite on the high side .over one billion people are added  to the planet every 10 years, about 220,000 per day.
The effects of over population  includes the following ,
1) shortages of all our resources
2)war and social conflict
3)limits on personal freedom
4)overcrowding and
5)shortage of food
6)unemployment etc
A brife highlite on the above effects of over population is giving as follows,we hope that this will go a long way in bringing an end to this problems.

FOOD SHORTAGE AS AN EFFECT OF OVER POPULATION
one billion people, one out of every seven people alive, go to bed hungry.Every day, 25,000 people die of malnutrition and hunger-related diseases. Almost 18,000 of them are children under 5 years old. Food production and distribution could catch up if our population stopped growing and dropped to a sustainable level.
WATER SHORTAGE AS AN EFFECT OF OVER POPULATION
About one billion people lack access to sufficient water for consumption, agriculture and sanitation. Aquifers are being depleted faster than they can be replenished. Melting glaciers threaten the water supply for billions. Wouldn't an ethic of population reduction now, make people's lives much better? [read more]
AIR QUALITY AS AN EFFECT OF OVER POPULATION
Pollution from smokestack In many regions of the country, childhood asthma rates have risen dramatically in the past 20 years. The problems are not limited to the industrialized countries with their automobiles and factories. Children in undeveloped countries, where people depend on burning wood and dung for their heat and cooking, are also at risk.
EFFECTS OF OVER POPULATION FROM HEAT SOURCES
Half the World's population relies on burning wood and dung for cooking and for heating. More and more people live in these regions and have to travel further each day to collect wood, and are often exposed to hardship and danger. Articles at National Geographic tell these stories from around the World.
EFFECTS OF OVER POPULATION ON FORESTRY
The World's forests are another resource that is strained by our growing population. Not only are they a source of fuel and building material, recent research has focused on forests' ability to sequester greenhouse gases and protect us from global warming.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF OVER POPULATION
many physical and behavioral problems are caused by over crowding.  It's a common observation that people in small towns are friendlier than people in cities. However, that's just a hunch for most of us. One recent study from U.C.Irvine found that less densely packed people are friendlier towards their neighbors.
OVER POPULATION leads to Conflicts and Wars:
Some of the most brutal and persistent conflicts and full-out wars of the past decades include the stresses of overpopulation and conflict over resources.
Health effects of over population:
Sometimes viruses spread faster in denser populations, which enables deadly mutations to continue. Doctor Nathan Wolfe, of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative, studies virus mutations which jump from animal to human populations. The AIDS virus is one of the deadliest of these. On a recent episode of CNN's Planet in Peril, Dr. Wolfe said "Individuals have been infected with these viruses forever. "What's changed, though, is in the past you had smaller human populations; viruses would infect them and go extinct. Viruses actually need population density as fuel." [read article]
Bringing it back home -- Overcrowding
If you live in a growing metropolitan area, you notice:
The cost of housing is rising significantly. Usually, the denser the city, the higher the cost of housing and taxes.
the major aim of this article is to advise the entire world to work towards didcouraging over population in the society.