Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.

In recent times,

overpopulation

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of cities has led to

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of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

various

problems.

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essay will discuss these issues and

profer

present for acceptance or rejection

proffer

prefer

solutions to it at both

government

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and individual level.

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, one of the major problems of

overpopulation

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is pollution. As the

population

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of a place/city increases, there is great demand

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for

available resources. There will be

expansion

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an expansion

of railway, factories, industry and airport.

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will lead to more production of

carbondioxide which

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carbon dioxide, which

carbon dioxide which

will eventually lead to depletion of

ozone layer

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the ozone layer

and global warming.

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is in line with a study carried out in the Bell University, Nigeria and shows a positive correlation between densely populated urban centres and significant depletion of

ozone layer

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the ozone layer

.

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,

increase

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the increase

an increase

increases

in

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population

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the population

of cities will lead to

exponential rise

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an exponential rise

in crime rate. Due to the fact that resources are limited and demand is far more than the supply,

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will result in large

number

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amount

of people pressing for scarce commodity and the deprived

population

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will have to

result

have recourse to

resort

to crime. The menace of

overpopulation

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can be curbed by both

government

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and individuals. In the

first

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place, education is key in preventing overcrowding. It is often noticed that people that are illiterate gave birth to many

children which

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children, which

will result in

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overcrowding.

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is what India is experiencing. If individual and

government

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can ensure

proper education

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a proper education

for its citizens,

overpopulation

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will be reduced.

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, villages can be developed so that the villagers will not migrate to cities for employment.

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, the capital of Nigeria was

initially

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Lagos but was moved to Abuja

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.

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actually develop

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actually develops

the

later

steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

ladder

that was once a village. In conclusion, increase in

population

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that we

experience

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are experiencing

in our cities today has a lot of

problems but

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problems, but

I believe that through concerted effort of individuals and

government

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this

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problem will be a thing of the past.