Sociological hazards
are those that result from living in a society where one experiences noise, lack of privacy and overcrowding.
A. Population growth may be a sociological hazard.
1. Principles
a. Growth of living populations can be expressed as an S curve with a lag phase, log phase and equilibrium phase.
b. When environmental resources can support no further growth, the population has reached the equilibrium phase and the environment is said to be at its carrying capacity