The phrase "areas poses" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a typographical error or a misphrasing.
Example: "The areas pose significant challenges for urban development."
Alternatives: "regions present" or "locations create".
Massive internal migration from rural to urban areas poses new challenges for tuberculosis control in China.
Nitrate contamination of groundwater in agricultural areas poses a major challenge to the sustainability of water resources.
Power supply and uninterrupted fuel transportation to produce electrical power for these areas poses a great challenge.
The widening array of outdoor recreation activities in high-use areas poses new challenges to the equitable participation of diverse recreation user groups in forest land-use planning.
Runoff non-point source pollution from phosphate mining areas poses a potential risk to ecosystems in many parts of the world.
Defra's [the Department of the Environment's] failure to protect rural areas poses a long-term risk to the security of UK food production, as a high proportion of the most valuable agricultural land is at risk of flooding".
These dry areas pose a direct threat to the fuel assemblies.
Reservoirs constructed near urban areas pose a high-risk potential for downstream life and property.
Summer high temperatures affecting urban areas pose a significant problem to human health.
Moreover, in practice, household surveys typically under-represent: those in fragile, disjointed households; slum populations and areas posing security risks.
However, the complex transport processes characterizing lowland areas pose significant challenges in accurately quantifying their actual role.
