Submitted by kadi39 on April 15, 2008

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Population Growth

With the end of the hunting way of life and the rise of permanent settlements and eventually cities, the human population has experienced a remarkable growth. “It took until after 1800, virtually all of human history, for our population to reach 1 billion. Yet we reached 2 billion by 1930, and 3 billion in just 30 more years, in 1960� (Withgott & Brennan, 218). Today the world’s population has grown to an estimated 6.5 billion people. “Increased population intensifies impact on the environment as more individuals take up space, use natural resources, and generate waste� (Withgott & Brennan, 220). Despite these concerns, population growth is considered by some as beneficial to...

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