Current event

Anders Schäfer
February 26, 2008
Block H
Website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7261458.stm

Acrostic Poem:

Summary of issues: There are too many people in India today and there will be many more when the population grows with this rate. There are already 1.1 billion people in India and at the end of 2050 it is estimated to have 1.6 billion people. Since the medical standards increased in India the people live longer lives. In 1947 the life expectancy was 33 years and now it is mid-60! With people living longer and the rate of the increasing population India needs more food and water to support their people. Agriculture uses most of the fresh water, so there will not be that much fresh water to drink in India. India needs more water and land to produce food to its people, but they don’t have the space or water, because there are so many people.

This relates to geography, because it deals with the population in one country on the globe. And it tells us what India has to do to keep it population alive. It also deals with what challenges India have to go through to feed and have enough fresh water for its population. It also relates too what we study right now in social studies about that the earth is maybe going to have to many people to live on it so the will be no space for producing crops and meat. There is a limited a mount of space but it will soon be filled out by all they people on the earth and what are we going to do?

Population growth is increasing in the world.

Of all resources fresh water is the most scares to find.

People need water and food to survive.

Usages of water for agriculture purpose to grow crops.

Low farm productions are due to lack of land and water.

Arable land is not enough you also need water.

Train stations in India are over crowded.

India is the second most populated country and might overtake China.

Outside of houses the traffic is permanently jammed.

No more available fresh water in 2050 than there is now.