Answer: The applications of modern technologies of communication, electricity, transportation, scientific research, etc., have helped the lives of the citizens become convenient and achieve urban development.
Explanation: It is clearly because of the advent of various technologies the cities have got their new aesthetics and facilities. The modern-day cities owe their modernization to new technologies of electricity, communication, research, transportation, etc. The internet has brought much convenience to the methods of communication. The generation and loss-less supply of electricity have become easy merely because of the introduction of new technologies. The discipline of research has been scaling both new heights and new depths only because there are new technologies to enhance research. The advent of technology in the field of transportation has brought the world closer. All of this has togetherly helped in achieving urban growth.
The equator and the International Date Line cross in the area of Pacific Ocean. There is a tradition to celebrate the first sailor's crossing of the line.
