Which one of the following is a result of rapid industrialisation and urbanization?

The correct answer is Rural depopulation.

Key Points

• Rural depopulation processes affect regions where the rural exodus surpasses natural growth, reducing the total number of inhabitants to a critical level and causing aging of demographic compositions.
• Nevertheless, depopulation may also be caused by displacement because of large infrastructure investments.

• Industrialization occurs when an industry is introduced on a large scale to a region or country — for example, when an economy goes from being based on agriculture to being based on production and other industries.
• This period hence referred to the Industrial Revolution.
• Urbanization relates to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas.
  • Urbanization is not solely a modern phenomenon, but a rapid and historic transformation of human social roots on a global scale, whereby predominantly rural culture is being quickly replaced by predominantly urban culture.