RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
LIFE IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
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the change from manual production of goods to the use of automation and mechanical methods of production
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an increase in the population of cities and towns versus rural areas
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
Detailed explanation-2: -Urbanisation occurs mainly because people move from rural areas to urban areas and it results in growth in the size of the urban population and the extent of urban areas. These changes in population lead to other changes in land use, economic activity and culture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, urbanisation affects rural development through the environmental externalities it generates: waste disposal, environmental degradation, and loss of biodiversity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Typically, Urban areas have high population density and rural areas have low population density.
Detailed explanation-5: -By 2050, global population is projected to increase to around 9.8 billion. It’s estimated that more than twice as many people in the world will be living in urban (6.7 billion) than in rural settings (3.1 billion).