How did trade along the Silk Road benefit the Chinese people?
They gained new methods for producing metalwork and glass.
They gained knowledge of how to grow crops such as grapes and cotton.
They gained understanding of how to mine resources such as silver and gold. They gained access to items they did not have, such as salt and certain spices.

Urban growth invariably feeds increased commercialization and industrialization. it requires continually expanding land areas. when urbanization rates are high, and countries do not have the institutional and managerial capacities or economic wherewithal to manage such rapid growths, they exert intense pressure on the types and nature of the resulting settlements. they contribute to the development of overcrowded slums and shanty towns without adequate essential services and necessary infrastructure.-by asit k. biswas and cecilia tortajada