Essay #193 "The Problem of Overpopulation" 29.07.18 Over recent decades with the development of medicine and overall technological progress people given have been given the opportunity to live much longer and happier lives. As a result, the population of the earth has increased significantly. This situation has lead to some major problems in our era, such as environmental pollution, scarcity of water supplies, famine and the shortage of energy resources. This increase in population has had a disastrous effect on our planet and has made people’s lives much harder, as they have had to face many. problems. The best example of this on a smaller scale is overpopulated urban centers, they. They experience ecological problems, like water and air pollution. Big cities are the greatest producers of litter which in most cases, despite modern technologies, not recycle is not recycled and just buried in the outskirts. Also, with such a huge number of people cramped in a limited area unemployment and crime rates goes up. Thus, overpopulation of our planet will eventually lead to this situation throughout the world, which will be an utter disaster for people. One of the ways to fight overpopulation is through the laws and policies which are aimed at birth control. With such a program, nations will be able to maintain a healthy number of people, at. At the same time these people will get higher quality lives as they will not experience problems of overpopulation. Despite the fact that many people think that these measures are immoral, they will drastically change the situation we are facing right now. Another way to deal with this issue is not to control population, but rather to explore and develop new areas, which would allow people to grow more food and make more space for themselves in which to live. Scientific progress would also help the situation, as it may solve the problem with environmental pollution. To conclude, overpopulation in one of the most important issues of our modern world. We have to face the fact that people have a quite negative effect on the planet and with an ever growing population this effect becomes only worse. Thus, governments should devise new policies which will control the number of people in allowed boundaries and establish new institutions which would try to resolve environmental problems. Only by applying these measures we will be able to introduce the next generation to the flourishing world rather than to a lifeless desert.