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Introduction
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3.a

Urban housing conditions
3.1

Rural environment and land use
3.2

Agricultural inputs
3.3

Agricultural output and productivity
3.4

Deforestation and biodiversity
3.5

Freshwater
3.6

Water pollution
3.7

Energy production and use
3.8

Energy efficiency, dependency, and emissions
3.9

Sources of electricity
3.10

Urbanization
3.11

Urban environment
3.12

Traffic and congestion
3.13

Air pollution
3.14

Government commitment
3.15

Toward a broader measure of savings
             
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3a High-income countries account for half the world’s carbon dioxide emissions
3b Most future urban growth will be absorbed by developing economies
3c Global monitoring of housing conditions and data requirements
3.1a All income groups and all regions are becoming less rural
3.2a Arable land per person is shrinking in all regions and in all income groups
3.3a The 10 countries with the highest cereal yield in 2002–04—
and the 10 with the lowest
3.5a Agriculture uses more than 71 percent of freshwater globally
3.6a High- and middle-income countries account for most water
pollution from organic waste
3.7a Ten of the top 15 energy producers are low-income countries . . .
3.7b . . . but only 7 of the top 15 energy users are
3.7c High-income countries have the highest energy use per capita
3.8a All income groups are using energy more efficiently now
3.9a Sources of electricity generation have shifted differently in
different income groups
3.10a Developing economies are becoming more urban
3.10b . . . and urbanization is growing fastest in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
3.11a The use of public transportation for work trips varied widely
across cities in 1998
3.12a High-income countries have many more passenger cars per
1,000 people than developing countries do
3.14a The Kyoto Protocol on climate change
3.14b Global atmospheric concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons have leveled off
3.14c Global focus on biodiversity and climate change