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Is Britain Overpopulated ?
The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the World and with no end to population growth in sight, pressure on wildlife, housing, public services and resources will continue to grow.
The population now is 67,736,802 ,The ONS predict it will pass 70 million by 2035.
Despite it's relatively small land area the UK is on track to become the largest nation in Europe.
Should the Brits start building Arks and boats instead of electric cars?Serious answer only please.
The population now is 67,736,802 ,The ONS predict it will pass 70 million by 2035.
Despite it's relatively small land area the UK is on track to become the largest nation in Europe.
Should the Brits start building Arks and boats instead of electric cars?Serious answer only please.
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Population growth eems to be an issue in most of the world. Some EU countries above us there.
Whats the figure where you live gulliver?
Population growth eems to be an issue in most of the world. Some EU countries above us there.
Whats the figure where you live gulliver?
Another source which includes population density
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Which shows the most densely populated country in Europe is Monaco. More interestingly Belgium and Holland are more densely populated than we are. Of course this doesn't allow for how much of the land area is suitable for habitation. Anyone want a home on Snowdon or the Cairngorm plateau?
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Which shows the most densely populated country in Europe is Monaco. More interestingly Belgium and Holland are more densely populated than we are. Of course this doesn't allow for how much of the land area is suitable for habitation. Anyone want a home on Snowdon or the Cairngorm plateau?
//Bits of the country may be overpopulated but I think that is mainly in England or Glasgow and Edinburgh.//
There are 38 conurbations in the UK with a population density of more than 10,000 people per square mile. All of them bar one (Cardiff) are in England. Nine of the top ten are in southern England with only contender outside that area to make the top ten being York. Edinburgh weighs in at number 39 on the population density list with 9,990 people per sq. mile whilst Glasgow is at a lowly number 75, at 3,390.
The population density in Greater London is 14,500 people for each of its 670 square miles. This means every Londoner has a little over 200 square yards each to call his or her own. This is a space less than 15 yards square. But this does not tell the whole story. Population across London is very varied, with the inner London boroughs having a density over twice as high as the average. Islington is the most densely populated, with around 38,000 people per square mile. Four other boroughs – Hackney, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets have more than 30,000 people per square mile. Bromley, Havering, Hillingdon and Richmond all have densities of under 10,000 people per square mile with London’s largest borough – Bromley, weighing in at around 5,400.
The overwhelming majority of the 1.2m people who arrived to settle in the UK in 2022 do not want to live in Scotland; they do not want to live in Wales or Cumbria or the West Country. They want to live in London and the South-East. Comparing the population density of the UK (around 700 per sq. mile) with other countries is not very useful.
There are 38 conurbations in the UK with a population density of more than 10,000 people per square mile. All of them bar one (Cardiff) are in England. Nine of the top ten are in southern England with only contender outside that area to make the top ten being York. Edinburgh weighs in at number 39 on the population density list with 9,990 people per sq. mile whilst Glasgow is at a lowly number 75, at 3,390.
The population density in Greater London is 14,500 people for each of its 670 square miles. This means every Londoner has a little over 200 square yards each to call his or her own. This is a space less than 15 yards square. But this does not tell the whole story. Population across London is very varied, with the inner London boroughs having a density over twice as high as the average. Islington is the most densely populated, with around 38,000 people per square mile. Four other boroughs – Hackney, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets have more than 30,000 people per square mile. Bromley, Havering, Hillingdon and Richmond all have densities of under 10,000 people per square mile with London’s largest borough – Bromley, weighing in at around 5,400.
The overwhelming majority of the 1.2m people who arrived to settle in the UK in 2022 do not want to live in Scotland; they do not want to live in Wales or Cumbria or the West Country. They want to live in London and the South-East. Comparing the population density of the UK (around 700 per sq. mile) with other countries is not very useful.
//NJ
where did you get your information from? I live in Perth - is that even on the list?//
All these figures vary depending on the source. Using the same source as I did for the others I quoted, Perth (Scotland) comes out at around 6,100 people per sq. mile.
Spent three weeks working in Perth some years back. Very nice place. Was working in an office in Tay Street on the river. Took a stroll up Kinnoull Hill one weekend.
where did you get your information from? I live in Perth - is that even on the list?//
All these figures vary depending on the source. Using the same source as I did for the others I quoted, Perth (Scotland) comes out at around 6,100 people per sq. mile.
Spent three weeks working in Perth some years back. Very nice place. Was working in an office in Tay Street on the river. Took a stroll up Kinnoull Hill one weekend.
Yes, I would say that the UK's population has increased far too rapidly for comfortable assimilation and sustainability in its current form of law and population approval. - You asked for a serious answer.
France has approx. the same population and 2.5 times the landmass.
Unfortunately the majority of newcomers seem to want to gravitate to already overloaded urban areas. Our infrastructure has been weak for years and programmes to upgrade it did not account for sudden, huge influxes. Massive imbalances have resulted - which our politicians do not seem to understand.
Now they want to spread immigrants around - but not in an inclusive manner. 'Dumping' approx 1,000 young, foreign males in small country areas is just asking for trouble and smacks of panic. Some 7 miles away a prosperous and desirable village (has a shop, garage and is on bus routes) has been identified as a potential 'temporary' camp . I am told that the Parish Council is 'S****ting bricks!" (I quote.)
'Does the indigenous population have no rights to maintaining their way of life?' Is heard more and more.
We shouldn't be building electric cars - they are not the answer. We should be encouraging Rolls-Royce and their mini-nuclear-reactors to develop - one can power a small town. We should also be encouraging those firms such as JCB, who also know that electric batteries are not the answer, in their development of hydrogen-based engines.
This remorseless drive to electricity does make me wonder in terms of privilege, power and brown envelopes.
We should also be building boats - fishing boats and reclaiming our seas and source of food.
OK. I've had my say. That'll do.
France has approx. the same population and 2.5 times the landmass.
Unfortunately the majority of newcomers seem to want to gravitate to already overloaded urban areas. Our infrastructure has been weak for years and programmes to upgrade it did not account for sudden, huge influxes. Massive imbalances have resulted - which our politicians do not seem to understand.
Now they want to spread immigrants around - but not in an inclusive manner. 'Dumping' approx 1,000 young, foreign males in small country areas is just asking for trouble and smacks of panic. Some 7 miles away a prosperous and desirable village (has a shop, garage and is on bus routes) has been identified as a potential 'temporary' camp . I am told that the Parish Council is 'S****ting bricks!" (I quote.)
'Does the indigenous population have no rights to maintaining their way of life?' Is heard more and more.
We shouldn't be building electric cars - they are not the answer. We should be encouraging Rolls-Royce and their mini-nuclear-reactors to develop - one can power a small town. We should also be encouraging those firms such as JCB, who also know that electric batteries are not the answer, in their development of hydrogen-based engines.
This remorseless drive to electricity does make me wonder in terms of privilege, power and brown envelopes.
We should also be building boats - fishing boats and reclaiming our seas and source of food.
OK. I've had my say. That'll do.
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