How does the pace of urbanization in developing countries contribute to the food problem?
A) People moving to cities cause disruptions in the transportation network.
B) Hundreds of millions of people who lived in rural areas and produced food now live in cities.
C) Expanding urban heat islands cause changes to the local climates.
D) The most productive land is paved over to develop middle-class suburbs.
E) People who live in cities adopt western-style diets that are heavy on meat consumption.
B
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