人口过快增长

everythinggrowsinmoderntimes,anditseemsthatnothinggrowsasquicklyaspopulation.populationkeepsgrowing,andgrowsrapidly,firstlybecausepeople'slivingstandardskeepgoingup,withbetterhouses,betterclothing,betterfood,secondlybecausepeopleknowhowtopreservethemselvessoastolivelonger,andthirdly

becausetheyhavemodernmedicineandmedicalcaretoensurethatusualdiseasescanbeeasilycured.thereisanothercauseforthegrowthofpopulation.fewcountriesorgovernmentshaverealisedtheimportanceoffamilyplanning.onthecontrary,someencouragechild-birth.

herearesomeexamplesofpopulationgrowthfrom1985to(asanticipated).

limahad5.7millionpeoplein1985buttherewere9.1millionby.tianjinusedtohave7.9millionin1985.byitspopulationreached9.7million. suchcitiesaslondon,osaka,moscow,beijing,karachi,delhi,jakarta,seoul,andteheranarehavingasimilarpopulationgrowth.wewouldnotbeshockedifallothercitieshavethisrate.butsomecities,likecalcutta,shanghai,newyork,andstopauloboosttheirpopulationevenmorequicklythantheabove-mentionedcities.tokyohad18.8millionin1985.theyearfound20.2milliontokyocitizens.mexicocityhad17.3millionpeoplein1985,butaspopulationspecialistshadpredicted,thatreached25.8millionin!

thepopulationproblemisauniversalconcernnowadays.anygovernmentisafailureifitdoesnothingaboutitspopulationgrowth.