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Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern

Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern

Shivani Garg
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522516835|ISBN10: 1522516832|EISBN13: 9781522516842
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1683-5.ch008
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Garg, Shivani. "Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern." Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation, edited by Rajeev Pratap Singh, et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 137-154. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1683-5.ch008

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Garg, S. (2017). Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern. In R. Singh, A. Singh, & V. Srivastava (Eds.), Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation (pp. 137-154). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1683-5.ch008

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Garg, Shivani. "Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern." In Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation, edited by Rajeev Pratap Singh, Anita Singh, and Vaibhav Srivastava, 137-154. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1683-5.ch008

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Abstract

Overpopulation does not depend only on the size or density of the population, but on the ratio of population to available sustainable resources. It also depends on how resources are managed and distributed throughout the population. Overpopulation is one of the hazards and serious problem, which creates a great obstacle in the way of national development. It is estimated that growth in human population affect the global land use pattern available for agriculture, forest land cover, nearby area of different type of water bodies. The rapid increase of human population is putting extraordinary pressure on our natural resources available e.g. land, water, ecosystem services etc. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the various environmental implications of overpopulation and rural-urban migration which in turns affect the land use pattern of world. Deforestation and loss of ecosystems that sustain global atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide balance is also another implication.

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