Global Problems in the 21st Century

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Global Problems in the 21st Century
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Struggle to Develop the 3rd World

• Issues
• 1. Overpopulation
• People have more children in developing countries
• 7 Billion and growing (total in the world)
• Ideal for environment is less than 2 billion
• Population density Average number of people
  living in an area of a specific size
• 2. Poverty/Food/Water Shortages
• Over 1 Billion live on 1 a day
• Billions do not have clean fresh water
• 3. Urbanization Growth of cities
• Cities become overcrowded slums
• Cities cannot keep up with the need for housing,
  schools, or even basic health services

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• Other Issues
• Destruction of the Environment
• Pollution
• Depletion of resources (forests)
• Conflict
• Terrorism
• Drug Trade
• Ethnic Cleansing
• Debt Repayment
• Developing nations have to spend much of their
  income repaying loans, and thus, cannot spend
  that money on much-needed services

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• Reasons for conflict
• Ethnocentrism
• Racism
• Imperialism Control by one country of the
  political, economic, or cultural life of another
  country

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Developed vs. Developing Nations

• Developed world
• Definition Rich countries that have
  well-organized industrial and agricultural
  systems. Developed nations also make use of
  advanced technologies and have strong educational
  systems.
• Examples Western Europe, N. America, Australia,
  New Zealand, Japan
• 1 Billion of world population
• Stable Governments
• Largely middle class populations
• Developing world
• Definition Those countries in which large
  segments of the economy are relatively
  undeveloped and most people are poor.
• Examples S. and C. America, Africa, Asia
• Almost 6 billion people
• Unstable governments
• Prone to (more likely to get) global problems

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Resources

• Developed Nation." World History The Modern
  Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 8 Sept. 2012.
• "Food, Famine, Overpopulation 1980Present
  (Visual)." World History The Modern Era.
  ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 8 Sept. 2012.