How can rights and liberties be threatened in a democracy? a. there is no mechanism to prevent abuses by a police state. b. the public can be apathetic and choose not to vote or participate in politics. c. a majority can enact laws that take away rights and liberties from a minority. d. officeholders can seize more power than they are constitutionally allocated?

The rights and liberties can be threatened in a democracy is when the public can be apathetic and choose not to vote or participate in politics-- it is because it is a way of showing that they don't show any importance of rights and liberty in the democracy and that it is a way of showing a disagreement towards them.

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