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  1. Using the Urban Indicators 1980-2025 data table from the World Resources Institute at http://www.wri.org/facts/data-tables-urban.html, answer the following questions:
    1. What country has the lowest percentage of its population living in cities as of 2000?
    2. What country has the highest percentage?
    3. What country is predicted to have the highest population growth rate during the period 2000-2005?
  2. At the same site, open the Urban Characteristics (City Level) table and answer the following:
    1. What countries have the highest and lowest levels of informal employment?
  3. Finally, using the Urban Environment table, answer the following:
    1. What are the lowest numbers for floor space per person in the table and where are those cities located? How do these numbers compare to the United States and Canada?
    2. What cities have the lowest percentage of households connected to water and sewerage?
    3. What cities have the highest levels of solid waste generation?





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