Over the past two hundred years, cities around the world have grown. The rapid population increase and industrialization of urban areas have, in turn, had a great impact on the local environments.

Question

Urban governments have been concerned with all BUT one of the following environmental problems. That is
Responses
A contaminated run-off.contaminated run-off.
B reduced precipitation.reduced precipitation.
C insufficient garbage collection.insufficient garbage collection.
D air pollution from factories and vehicles.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B: reduced precipitation.

While urban governments are indeed concerned with environmental issues such as contaminated run-off, insufficient garbage collection, and air pollution from factories and vehicles, reduced precipitation is typically a broader atmospheric or climatic issue and not a direct problem that urban governments would address in the same way.