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How many of you would like to live on the coast?
Yes No
What the Coast Has to Offer
• Water• Employment• Recreation • Nice weather• Waterborne commerce• Energy and Mineral
production
What the Coast Has to Offer
Because of the many positives of living off of the coast, many people live there.
Too many people!!
There is not enough room for both the people and the environment.
There is an increase in population density in all areas of the United States but the Coastal Counties are shown to have many more persons per square mile.
No Room for the Environment?
Population Pressure has caused:• Air Pollution• Water Pollution• Habitat Loss• Over fishing• Rising Sea Level• Global Warming
No Room for the People?
Population Pressure has caused risk of:
• Poverty stricken areas• Disease• High demand and consumption• High crime rates
Combating Infections
The areas of the nation most concentrated with people are those along the coast.
This is like if more than half of the students in the
classroom decided to sit in the first 5
desks.
This is like adding 3-4 more students to the classroom
This is like having one class with 150 students while the
rest only have about 30 students.
The areas around the coast have a very offset population pattern
because of the number of people that desire to live there.
Coastal population pressure does not just occur here in the United States.
But all over the world as well.