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State four causes and four consequences of population growth.

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Causes of population of growth:
(1) In older days many deaths occurred due to diseases. But the development in medical sciences has controlled the diseases and brought about decrease in the death rate.
(2) Development in agriculture, better techniques to grow more and better quality food.
(3) Food available at all the times due to better storage conditions. So people do not die of starvation when food is not available.
(4) Man formed houses so that he is protected from wild animals and environment. He is safe from the elements of nature.
Consequences of population growth:
(1) Poverty: If the family is large it will become poor with limited income.
(2) Unhygienic living conditions due to more people living in a small area. This would increase diseases in people.
(3) Housing problem will arise as more houses will be required for the increasing population but they are not built at such a high rate.
(4) Pollution will be an added problem of high population. Large population will cause environmental pollution.

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