Comparing land use in urban areas and agricultural villages finds that if arable land is scarce, then the sizes of farms and houses are

a. small

b. large

c. ranch-like

d. Plantation-like

Imagine that the arable land is scarce: then people will compete over the land and the competition will be big. This means that it's more likely to be able to find smaller pieces of land therefore it's likely that the size of the houses and the farms will be small (a)