Question

Based upon your standard of living in the U.S., describe the impact you may have on the earth. Is your standard of living sustainable in an urban environment, and how does it affect the carrying capacity of humans?

Answer 1

The standard of living in the United States is far ahead when compared to numerous other countries of the world where it is seen that the proportion of urban population in the United States is very high when compared to many of the middle income countries. This is because of the dominance of United States in the industrial sector unlike the other countries which are predominantly dependent on the agricultural sector. However this has ended become a major threat in terms of the environment levels where issues such as erosion pollution etc took the lead. Also the population of the United States has been increasing dominantly over the years and the condition of the environment is getting even worse, however the government controls are on savingt he issue to a good extent. However if this continues, maybe after decades of centuries the life carrying capacity of humans on the earth would reduce as it would be crowded and that time and the natural resources would be depleted making it even more worse.