The theory that the tightening economic bonds and growing interdependence between democracies will solidify peaceful relations between them has been countered in part by Joanne Gowa, who points out that shifting markets are always possible if trade is disrupted by conflicta. Trueb. False

Urban growth invariably feeds increased commercialization and industrialization. it requires continually expanding land areas. when urbanization rates are high, and countries do not have the institutional and managerial capacities or economic wherewithal to manage such rapid growths, they exert intense pressure on the types and nature of the resulting settlements. they contribute to the development of overcrowded slums and shanty towns without adequate essential services and necessary infrastructure.-by asit k. biswas and cecilia tortajada