The correct answer is C) Removing the sand may increase beach erosion, and the area may suffer nearshore flooding.
A family has decided to build their dream house on a dune on the shore of Lake Michigan. Their plans call for the natural vegetation to be dug up and construction has begun. Some possible consequences of their actions would be that removing the sand may increase beach erosion, and the area may suffer nearshore flooding.
That is why the local government or municipal authorities have laws and restrictions that are aimed to take care of the environment. The states, counties and other local governments create the kind of legislation that limit the construction of houses in restricted or protected areas to avoid damage to natural resources such as lakes, rivers, beaches or forest.
What first comes to my mind is that one or more rivers feature very prominently in these civilizations: the Nile in the Egyptian and the Tigris and Euphrates in the Babylonian.
