Answer:
the increased diversion of water for irrigation
Answer:
behind closed elevator doors
Explanation:
In The City Is So Big poem, things were happening in an abnormal ways (strange manner). in stanza 3, machines eating houses and stairways were walking all by themselves and due to all these, people could not bear the ugly incidences happening again and to avoid further incidence they disappear through the elevator doors.
The answer is something called a "junta."
To get into more detail, these types of groups usually consist of military officers. But that's besides the point. The answer is a junta.
Western land claim which gave the new settlers a beacon of hope that they could make a future in the west.