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Question 19 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2019 Medium MCQ +3.00 marks · -1.00 negative

The magic of squatter cities is that they are improved steadily and gradually by their residents. To a planner's eye, these cities look chaotic. I trained as a biologist and to my eye, they look organic. Squatter cities are also unexpectedly green. They have maximum density—1…

Which one of the following statements would undermine the author’s stand regarding the greenness of cities?

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