POPULATION GROWTH RATE
AND ITS EFFECTS
Unexpected population growth affects us in
almost every field of our life. Everyone has some needs to live, and this rapid
population explosion causes circumstances. As long as population continues to
grow, needs of people increase. This is because the quality of life is changing
rapidly. For instance, the life style in 1980 and today are totally different,
and I am sure that tomorrow will not be the same as today. As the day goes on,
people want more and try to accommodate these changes in some fields, such as
science and technology. Of course, these rapid changes have many positive
effects to our world. But if we look at these circumstances from a different
point of view, we can easily understand that there are many negative effects on
human life in different fields. Some of them are in health, education and
nourishment.
Firstly, rapid population growth may cause
some troubles in health sector. The number of unhealthy people increases due to
the fact that population goes on increasing, because infectious disease can
spread among people fast in crowded areas. With the increasing number of
patients, we need many more hospitals and doctors. Since the number of patients
per a doctor is increasing, doctors may not do their job ideally. Also because
of this, they are sometimes exposed to the violence by the patients and their
relatives. For example, according to the Turkish Health Services, there are
130.000 doctors in Turkey, and every doctor has 590 patients.* If population
explosion happens in Turkey the number of the doctors might be insufficient.
Actually, there are some samples for this in Turkey. In Nusaybin, a district of
Mardin, a group of people protested the insufficient doctors in front of the
hospital.* Although there were enough doctors in every department of the
hospital, because of overpopulation, people protested. So overpopulation can affect
the health sector miserably.
Secondly, negative influences of population
growth can be seen in education. Unpreventable population explosion may cause
really critical problems at schools, such as crowded classes. If we want to
have a efficient education for students, there must be a suitable atmosphere in
classrooms. This atmosphere occurs with proper number of students per
classrooms. Whether the classrooms were too crowded, teachers may not pay
attention to each student equally. They may not gather students’ attention to
themselves. Also, crowded might affect psychology of teachers. According to a
survey, when teachers were asked some questions about psychology teachers who
are responsible for crowded classes, 77 % teachers answered that they were
under a lot of stress and 73 % teachers replied that they were always angry,
nervous and felt tired*. So increasing population can affect education
negatively.
Finally, rapid population growth can
influence nourishment and human life negatively, and in the case of
overpopulation, some tremendous changes can occur in our world. As long as
population continues to increase, the need of nourishment also increases. This
might cause humans to produce convenience food. Some of them includes GMO (genetically
modified organism ) and this is quite harmful for human health because the
products which include GMO are not
organic. When we compare the production of convenience food with last years, we
can easily see that there is a remarkable raise in production of those
prucust.* That means deficiency of nourishment mat trigger to produce some food
that are really dangerous for human health.
If I need to sum up, I can say that
unexpected population growth has some really serious and tremendous effects on
some fields, such as health sector, education and also human life. With the
increasing population, hospitals and doctors may be insufficient for patients,
and this circumstance may endanger their lives. In addition to this, population
explosion may also cause some deformation in education. Crowded classrooms can
prevent teachers from paying attention to each student, and affect psychology
of teachers miserably. They may feel tired, angry and nervous because of
crowded classes. Lastly, as population continues to grow, its negative effects
on human life continues as well. Because of lack of food, people prone to
produce harmful product for human health. After we see all the problems of
overpopulation, we should take some precaution not to increase population too
much like family planning.
Author:
Hilal Onur (1st year ELT)
*1-www.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr
*2-www.haberler.com
*3- hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr
*4-www.isaa.org
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