The Population Explosion: Indonesian’s Dilemma Amid Limited Resources

Abstract

The main problem raised in this literature review article is the need to pay attention to environmental aspects as a result of the population explosion as Indonesia's dilemma amid limited resources. High population growth causes a population explosion, this will greatly affect the quality of sustainability and environmental balance in an area. The impacts of population dynamics on the environment include settlements with uncontrolled management, increasing environmental pollution, forest destruction, and land conversion. The impact caused by the population explosion is in the form of ecosystem damage, the consequences are already being felt, carbon emissions due to excessive use of fossil fuels directly cause ozone damage in the atmosphere which triggers the greenhouse effect, global warming, and climate change, which in turn destroys the environment. Another impact of the population explosion, causing social and economic problems. The issue of population explosion in Indonesia is dominated by problems of availability of jobs, urban poverty, environmental damage, pollution, food, and energy security which are starting to worry.