The Text Makes a Number of Observations About Urbanization in Less-Developed

question 6

Multiple Choice

The text makes a number of observations about urbanization in less-developed countries. Which of the following is NOT one of these observations?

• A) The rate of natural increase and the magnitude of rural to urban migration are much lower today than in the past.
• B) In LDCs, high rates of natural increase in both urban and rural areas have kept the ratio of population to arable land high.
• C) Unlike MDCs, innovation and technology in LDCs is imported and diffuses rapidly throughout the society.
• D) In MDCs when rural to urban migration threatened to overwhelm the cities, there was a safety valve: emigration.

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