Human Settlements and Land Use — Geography STD 12 Commerce / Arts — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Commerce / ArtsGeographyHuman Settlements and Land Use4 Marks
Question
Problems of urban settlements.
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Answer
Most of the urban areas have very large size of population and density of population is also very high.
When cities increase in size, many changes occur. These changes are related to land use and structure of the city.
The large size of population and high density create number of socio-economic, cultural, infrastructural, administrative and environmental problems.
The air, water and noise pollution, development of slums, traffic jam, overcrowding in trains and buses, waste disposal etc., are some of the serious problems in most of the urban settlements.
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