ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE 21ST CENTUR

Abstract

The sustained rapid increase in the world's population in the 21st Century has really become a source of worry, considering several environmental health issues as well as other social problems that usually characterize large population. This paper therefore, examined the relationships between population size and the environment, population distribution and the environment and population composition and the environment, bringing-out their health implications on individuals. The paper recommends that governments of various countries should initiate and implement measures reflecting changes in population size, population distribution and population composition. Such measures should include effective family planning methods and teaching of sex education at all levels of education to curb the rate of population increase and development of rural areas to curtail rural-urban migration.