Question

1. Which of the following statements about urbanization is FALSE?

(a) Developed countries have the highest percentage of people living in urban settlements.

(b) Developing countries have most of the very large urban settlements.

(c) Eight of the 10 largest cities on Earth are in developed countries.

(d) The percentage of urban residents in developed countries grew because of the Industrial revolution in the nineteenth century.

(e) The percentage of urban residents in developed countries grew because of the growth of services in the twentieth century.

Answer 1

Solution: Part c and e are both false because c part says that the eight out of 10 largest cities are in developed countries which is not true as talking about the top ten largest cities also include Delhi, Mumbai which are in India which is a developing nation. Also karachi is there, in pakistan which is also a developing nation.

Part e is false because growth of a nation or a change usually happens in the early stage and services were not solely responsible for the growth of urbanization . However industrialisation does resulted in urbanization.