What are the effects of over population on developing countries?

Question

Also the effects on Urban centres. Any links appreciated also.

Many thanks.

just curious many thanks

Gem its for a cousin in Greece his english is weak so I have asked here for him, now i have to translate.........really appreciate your links and info

Answer 1

Starvation,Disease, and problems with waste disposal, World Banks loans and exploitation, in fact Antonio watch this video you will love it!!! It is about this point!!

http://current.com/items/86999401_lagos_la_vida_loca

I should send you my 15 page report on Nigeria and corruption I did for my class this semester which dabbles in this subject briefly to understand Nigeria.

Actually Nigeria is more interesting they have the potential to be bigger than Asia because of their resources but due to overpopulation and electricity and garbage and other problems like corruption it is really hurting their nation...they also have a huge population scattered with many ethnic groups in different areas to the contrary .Also a great deal many people are prosperous in Nigeria including my girlfriend's family.Don't be fooled Edwin by Fox news and other pseudo journalism/news stations.and watch the video before you make rash and rushed judgments.

Hong Kong is considered a 2nd world Nation and a nation within a nation ironically because of the British Singapore is a good example as for Japan they are a 1st world country like the USA .

Study the concept of Asymetric Interdependence...whihc is how resources are extracted from 3rd world countries and developing countries such as Nigeria brought to the 2nd world to be mass produced and manufactured and the 1st world countries like the USA and Japan put their labels on the product such as zinc to an assembly line to a microchip from MS...for example...of course this goes with the world systems theory or the dependency theory...which is very accurate...Japan is a 1st world country.
This world has more than enough resources and food to go around but generosity is equated to socialism the dirty word that is becoming more and more present within the US right under our noses...if capitalism runs unchecked many people who could become scientist and great thinkers form all over the world might not ever get the chance to do something great this is why we have to find solutions to population not try to restrain population..its never going to dictate human nature and natural drive! We can provide medicine and food to developing nations we do to some nations while others we let suffer. This is the evil called social Darwinism....developed in conservative think tanks that come up with concepts such as "urban sprawl" listen to the negative connotation to the word itself. This is why I am becoming a professor to destroy this negative thinking.

Answer 2

Look to Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan for examples of extremely congested and extremely prosperous countries.

It simply costs much, much more to distribute goods and services, especially utilities, over a large geographic area with scattered small settlements.

The poorest countries are those with small, widely scattered populations.

EDIT: At age 60, gemini, I've been around lomg enough to know a few things. I've also studied economics and history.

For whoever was gnashing their teeth and wringing their hands over over-population do the math for this: If you take the square miles in the state of Texas and make a rectangle of it (or a square) you can subdivide it into 100' x 100' lots with a single family house and, allowing for roads, house the entire population of the world.

Just remember that Paul Ehrlich wrote "The Population Bomb" in 1968 and confidently predicted that millions would be starving by the late 70's to early 80's. Didn't happen.

There is NO problem with food production. The problem is in distribution. In socialist countries where the "state" owns everything distribution is, at best, very poor. After all, who cares about that which does not belong to them? In which they have no vested interest?

Answer 3

in Greece there was a tradition that the oldest son of a big family went to an other country to find a living and send money home. If we are really economic we go back to the rural area's and make little villages with a low comfort load

Answer 4

Over Population is a world wide problem...

it results in Urban Sprawl.. which means farm land is consumed at alarming rates (what do you think we will be eating 50 years from now if cities continue to consume farm land?)
it results in deforestation and other land raping practices to get stuff to build housing...
in developing nations food is a real problem, as is medical abilities..

more people puts more of a strain on limited resources...

ALL OF US need to take population concerns into our own hands... we ALL need to act responsibly and not keep pumping out more kids than our planet can house.

Answer 5

The effect is a greater number of low income people, burdening the tax base and putting a strain on the economy.

Answer 6

Well, first the resources are being used way to fast. Also, if that expenential growth continues, then they will hit a max population, and then the population will dramtically fall. This is all reasoning, with no sorces, so sry.

Answer 7

*Poverty is the biggest problem. Feeding a vast population. Diseases and plaques can get out of control. Crime rates are usually higher.

Answer 8

i used this website for my report...
it practically had everything i needed...from poverty to food shortage to facility shortage....