| Rising population is an international phenomenon and | | | | a few more decades - eventually leading to extinction |
| substantial increase in population has been witnessed | | | | of humanity. Therefore, governments are adopting a |
| over the recent years. Growing population has led to | | | | serious stance by putting in place strict regulations with |
| scarcity of resources and people's lives have been | | | | regards to birth. China has been successfully |
| affected in a big way. The sorry state of living | | | | implementing the "one child per couple" program and in |
| conditions of people - especially of those living in third | | | | other countries governments are actively encouraging |
| world countries clearly indicates the harmful | | | | birth control by educating people about contraceptive |
| consequences of population growth. | | | | devices such as condoms and IUDs. |
| Population growth directly affects the availability of | | | | Encouraging birth control is good, but governments |
| space. Presently, greater number of individuals live in a | | | | need to do more than simply make regulations for |
| given area of land as compared to hundred years ago. | | | | limiting the number of births. They need to monitor the |
| This means that we now have less space then what | | | | population growth in order to ensure that the |
| our ancestors used to have. Forests have been cut | | | | implemented policies are achieving the desired effect. |
| down in order to accommodate human population - | | | | In China recently, the government was shocked to |
| thereby leading to disruption of the ecological balance. | | | | learn that the urban population was on decline and |
| A growing population requires greater quantity of food. | | | | therefore urgent corrections were made to existing |
| Although, agricultural production has increased | | | | regulatory policies, so that the trend could be reversed. |
| internationally, there are still some countries which face | | | | Governments must therefore pay more attention to |
| an acute scarcity of food resources. People living in | | | | population monitoring by means of new age |
| developed countries are immune to scarcity of | | | | technology, Modern database systems together with |
| agricultural products, but unavailability of food products | | | | data visualization techniques can be used for creating |
| is a raging issue in some parts of the world - especially | | | | an effective population monitoring system. The use of |
| in Africa and Asia. | | | | real-time charts can greatly enhance population |
| It is good to note that people are realizing the | | | | monitoring as these charts tend to show up-to-date |
| consequences of rapid population growth. There is a | | | | data. Monitoring can also help in addressing other |
| general awareness of the fact that at present rate of | | | | population related problems such as gender imbalance. |
| population growth, the available resources will only last | | | | |