Question

Impact of urbanisation on the ecosystem:

Options

• encroachment of nearby agricultural land and forests to accommodate migrated population

• slums and jhuggi clusters come up

• Both encroachment of nearby agricultural land and forests to accommodate migrated population and slums and jhuggi clusters come up

• Neither encroachment of nearby agricultural land and forests to accommodate migrated population nor slums and jhuggi clusters come up.

Answer 1

Both encroachment of nearby agricultural land and forests to accommodate migrated population and slums and jhuggi clusters come up

Explanation:

Urbanisation impacts the ecosystem by causing encroachment of nearby agricultural land and forests to accommodate the migrated population, and the emergence of slums and jhuggi clusters due to rapid and often unplanned urban growth. Additionally, urbanisation leads to defacement of land, depletion of water resources, pollution, and stresses natural resources like air, water, minerals, and energy. These factors together degrade the ecosystem substantially.