Q. Consider the following statements:
1. The first urban settlement to reach a population of one million was the city of London.
2. At present less than 50% of the world’s population lives in urban settlements.
Which of the statements above given is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Rapid urban growth is a recent phenomenon. Until recent times, few settlements reached the population size of more than a few thousand inhabitants.
- The first urban settlement to reach a population of one million was the city of London by around. A.D. 1810.
- By 1982 approximately 175 cities in the world had crossed the one million population mark.
- Presently 54 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban settlements compared to only 3 per cent in the year 1800.
Source: NCERT – XII Fundamentals of Human Geography
