A developer wants to build a new housing development in or around a large city. Which of the following plans would be least harmful to the environment?
a) clearing a forested area outside of the city to build houses
b) building apartments at the site of an abandoned factory in the city
c) building a neighborhood in a meadow at the edge of the city
d) filling a wetland area and building oceanfront condominiums
Ans: b) building apartments at the site of an abandoned factory in the city
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