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PROBLEMS RELATED TO PROBLEMS RELATED TO POPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH

Submitted by:Submitted by:

Ma. Isis Danielle L. VolanteMa. Isis Danielle L. Volante

II-SapphireII-Sapphire

Submitted to:Submitted to:

Mrs. Kathryn Raymundo-VivasMrs. Kathryn Raymundo-Vivas

Teacher, Health IITeacher, Health II

Problems Problems Related on Related on Population Population

GrowthGrowth

Employment PROBLEMS

Environment HealthServices

Food

Education

Economic Development

Economic Economic DevelopmentDevelopment

- Does not refer to the total Does not refer to the total development of a society.development of a society.

- It is only a part or a dimension of It is only a part or a dimension of national development.national development.

- There can be economic There can be economic development, not only in development, not only in industrialization but also, in industrialization but also, in agrarian-based society. agrarian-based society.

EconomicsEconomics- - is the social science that is the social science that studies the production, studies the production, distribution and consumption distribution and consumption of goods and services.of goods and services.

- - merely a rise in the merely a rise in the Gross National Product. Gross National Product.

Gross National Gross National ProductProduct

- total amount of goods and total amount of goods and services that a country produces services that a country produces in a given year. in a given year.

- the measure of the value of all the measure of the value of all final goods and services produced final goods and services produced and then sold in a market at any and then sold in a market at any given year produced by firms with given year produced by firms with ownership tied to that nation. ownership tied to that nation.

Problems encountered:Problems encountered:

An accelerating rapid growth can An accelerating rapid growth can aggravate the problem of rising aggravate the problem of rising capital cost.capital cost.

Everything normally taken ( land, Everything normally taken ( land, living space, fresh water and living space, fresh water and clean air), becomes COSTLY in a clean air), becomes COSTLY in a crowded and increasingly affluent crowded and increasingly affluent world.world.

As Population As Population INCREASES, INCREASES,

MORE capital outlays MORE capital outlays are required to provide are required to provide the people with human the people with human necessities.necessities.

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Population growth has Population growth has outstripped increases in outstripped increases in food production.food production.

The per capita food The per capita food production DROPPED production DROPPED because of high population because of high population growth rate. growth rate.

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It is estimated that at least It is estimated that at least half of our children are either half of our children are either MALNOURISHED or MALNOURISHED or UNDERNOURISHED.UNDERNOURISHED.

If we are to avoid having If we are to avoid having billions of people alive but billions of people alive but INADEQUATELY FED, we will INADEQUATELY FED, we will need to at least triple the need to at least triple the present food supply. present food supply.

This could be enhanced by This could be enhanced by

-bringing new land under cultivation-bringing new land under cultivation

-making better use of land already -making better use of land already cultivated cultivated

-increasing the food supply of food taken -increasing the food supply of food taken from water sourcesfrom water sources

-producing non-agricultural food-producing non-agricultural food

-improving the processing and -improving the processing and distribution of food distribution of food

-persuading people to eat food -persuading people to eat food

NOW COSIDERABLE INEDIBLE & WASTEDNOW COSIDERABLE INEDIBLE & WASTEDHOME

►MORE schools, MORE schools, classrooms and other classrooms and other materials to be needed materials to be needed by the children.by the children.

►The quality of education The quality of education is difficult to measure.is difficult to measure.

►Substantial portion of the Substantial portion of the effort and money devoted to effort and money devoted to primary education is wasted. primary education is wasted.

►Statements on record by the Statements on record by the Secretary of Education Jesli Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus lament a deterioration Lapus lament a deterioration in the quality of education.in the quality of education.

One can infer that One can infer that educational educational quality has been a quality has been a frequent casualty frequent casualty of rapid population of rapid population growth.growth.

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Direct demand that more Direct demand that more population creates the need for population creates the need for more health services. more health services.

Additional health workers will be Additional health workers will be recruited by the Department of recruited by the Department of Health to meet the increasing Health to meet the increasing demands for health services now demands for health services now available and additional health available and additional health personnel for new types of personnel for new types of services and activities that will services and activities that will have to be provided for.have to be provided for.

The number of units of the The number of units of the various health services needs various health services needs to be increased proportionally to be increased proportionally if the same general level of if the same general level of health services is to be health services is to be maintained. maintained.

This does not take into This does not take into account increases in health account increases in health services.services.

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Overpopulation and Overpopulation and industrialization have industrialization have contributed in various ways contributed in various ways to the general deterioration to the general deterioration of the environment upon of the environment upon which humanity is completely which humanity is completely dependent for life. dependent for life.

PollutionPollution

-most obvious aspect of -most obvious aspect of environmental deterioration.environmental deterioration.

PollutantsPollutants

- - Reach us through the air we Reach us through the air we breathe, water we drink, food breathe, water we drink, food we eat and sound we hear.we eat and sound we hear.

Air pollution is now recognized Air pollution is now recognized not only as an agent that rots not only as an agent that rots nylon stockings, corrodes paint nylon stockings, corrodes paint and steel, blackens skies, and and steel, blackens skies, and washes on the clothes line and washes on the clothes line and damages millions of pesos worth damages millions of pesos worth of crops annually. of crops annually.

The country has not been able to The country has not been able to improve the air quality in spite of improve the air quality in spite of the strenuous effort to control air the strenuous effort to control air pollution because of population pollution because of population growth.growth.

Even though the per capita amount Even though the per capita amount of pollution has declined., the of pollution has declined., the number of people increased.number of people increased.

More people = more More people = more business + more industry business + more industry = attract more people= attract more people

•As population grows, its As population grows, its need for water also need for water also grows.grows.

•As population grows, so As population grows, so do industries, which pour do industries, which pour into our water supplies a into our water supplies a vast array of vast array of contaminants.contaminants.

•As population grows so does As population grows so does the need for increased the need for increased agricultural production which agricultural production which results in a heavier water-borne results in a heavier water-borne load of pesticides, herbicides load of pesticides, herbicides and nitrates.and nitrates.

•As a result, pollution spreads in As a result, pollution spreads in streams, rivers, lakes, along the streams, rivers, lakes, along the seashores and in ground water.seashores and in ground water.

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More people will mean less More people will mean less jobs because there are more jobs because there are more workers than the jobs workers than the jobs available.available.

If there are so many If there are so many unemployed, problems may unemployed, problems may arise such as poverty, arise such as poverty, juvenile delinquency and also juvenile delinquency and also several number of crimes.several number of crimes.

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Thank you & god bless!

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