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

of cities has led to

varoius

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

various

problems.

This

essay will discuss these issues and

profer

present for acceptance or rejection

proffer

prefer

solutions to it at both

government

and individual level.

Firstly

, one of the major problems of

overpopulation

is pollution. As the

population

of a place/city increases, there is great demand

on

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for

available resources. There will be

expansion

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an expansion

of railway, factories, industry and airport.

This

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.

This

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

.

In addition

,

increase

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the increase

an increase

increases

in

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,

this

will result in large

number

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amount

of people pressing for scarce commodity and the deprived

population

will have to

result

have recourse to

resort

to crime. The menace of

overpopulation

can be curbed by both

government

and individuals. In the

first

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

this

overcrowding.

This

is what India is experiencing. If individual and

government

can ensure

proper education

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a proper education

for its citizens,

overpopulation

will be reduced.

Furthermore

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

For example

, the capital of Nigeria was

initially

Lagos but was moved to Abuja

thereafter

.

This

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

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

this

problem will be a thing of the past.