If the birth rate is high and the death rate is low in an area, which type of planning may become a priority?

Correct answer: Child health, education and housing

Direct answer: A, child health, education and housing. A high birth rate means many children may be added to the population, while a low death rate means more people may survive. Together, these conditions can increase the demand for schools, child-health services, nutrition support, housing and other basic facilities. A is therefore the planning response most closely connected with the population process described. B is not automatically required by high births and low deaths; port construction concerns transport and coastal economic planning. C is unrelated to meeting population needs. D is not a real population-planning measure and does not improve health or services. The question is testing the link between demographic conditions and public planning, not a calculation. Memory cue: more surviving children means greater need for child-centred services.