Over the past two hundred years, cities around the world have grown. The rapid population increase and industrialization of urban areas have, in turn, had a great impact on the local environments. Urban governments have been concerned with all BUT one of the following environmental problems. That is A) contaminated run-off. B) reduced precipitation. C) insufficient garbage collection. D) air pollution from factories and vehicles.
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