Title:HumanPopulationGrowsup Source/author:JoelE.

Cohen
DueDate:11/1/14 Name:AphichatTonjai

A.Notes
Before2000,youngpeoplealwaysoutnumberedoldpeople.=From2000forward,old
peoplewilloutnumberyoungpeople.
until2007ruralusualoutnumberurban
nopersonwhodiedbefore1930hadlivedthroughadoublingofthehumanpopulation
Buteveryone45yearsoldoroldertodayhasseenmorethanadoublingofhuman
numbersfromthreebillionin1960to6.5billionin2005
Second,thedramaticfallsince1970oftheglobalpopulationgrowthrateto1.1or1.2
percentayeartodayresultedprimarilyfromchoicesbybillionsofcouplesaroundthe
worldtolimitthenumberofchildrenborn.
Thegreatplaguesandwarsofthe14thcentury,forexample,reducednotonlythegrowth
ratebutalsotheabsolutesizeofglobalpopulationbothlargelyinvoluntarychanges
Whereasin1950thelessdevelopedregionshadroughlytwicethepopulationofthe
moredevelopedones,by2050theratiowillexceedsixtoone
Rapidpopulationgrowthwillboosthumannumbersbynearly50percent,from6.5billion
nowto9.1billionin2050
Increaseaccesstoreproductivehealthcareandcontraceptiontovoluntarilyslow
populationgrowth
Improvethetermsofpeoplesinteractionsbyreformingeconomic,political,civiland
socialinstitutions,policiesandpracticesandachievinggreatersocialandlegalequity.
Therateofpopulationgrowthhasfallensincethe1970s

B.AuthorPoint
Thearticleillustratetherapidgrowthofthehumanpopulation.Advancementintechnology,
healthcare,andagricultureallowfortheadvancementofthehumanpopulationbeyonditnormal
carryingcapacitywhichwaspostindustrialrevolution.Evensincetheindustrialrevolutionthe
populationstarttoincreasetoapointwhereeveryone45yearsoldoroldertodayhasseenmore
thanadoublingofhumannumbersfromthreebillionin1960to6.5billionin2005.Rapid
populationgrowthwillboosthumannumbersbynearly50percent,from6.5billionnowto9.1
billionin2050.Methodtoslowtherateistoreformeconomic,political,civilandsocial
institutions,policiesandpracticesandachievinggreatersocialandlegalequity.Itwasshould
thatthebirthrateislower.

C.PersonalOpinion
Ipersonallybelievethattherateofhumangrowthwouldleveloffandreachitcarryingcapacity.It
alsoamatteroftimebeforetheadvancementoftechnologiesthathelphumanstoincreasein
populationsizecouldalsocauseenvironmentaldamageandamassivedropinhuman
population.Ittruethateducationcanhelplowerbirthratebutitcanalsoleadtonewinnovation
thatprolonglifebutalsoleadtoothertechnologythathelpinotherfield.