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If a coastal town has developed port, trade and transport, why can population concentration increase?

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Correct answer: Because economic opportunities attract people

Direct answer: Option A is correct. A port, trade, and transport create economic opportunities. These opportunities attract workers, traders, service providers, and their families, so population concentration may increase near the coastal town. Step by step: a port supports movement of goods and people; trade creates business; businesses create jobs; jobs attract migrants; workers need housing, schools, shops, and services; these activities further increase settlement. Option A correctly identifies economic opportunity as a pull factor. Option B is wrong because the sea does not stop a census; a census can count people in coastal places. Option C is wrong because ports generally support trade and employment rather than automatically reducing population. Option D is wrong because trade strongly influences settlement, transport, and urban growth. The result is not automatic in every case, but the question asks why concentration can increase, and A gives the valid reason. Memory cue: jobs and services pull people toward towns.

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