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World Development Indicators 2005  - The World Bank Group ---- Table of Contents - Foreword - Acknowledgments - Preface - Partners - Users guide Section 1. World View Section 2. People Section 3. Environment Section 4. Economy Section 5. States and Markets Section 6. Global Links Bibliography and Methodology ---- 3. ENVIRONMENT 2005- full chapter   Environment 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 Introduction 125 Tables 3.a   Urban housing conditions 129 3.1   Rural environment and land use 130 3.2   Agricultural inputs 134 3.3   Agricultural output and productivity 138 3.4   Deforestation and biodiversity 142 3.5   Freshwater 146 3.6   Water pollution 150 3.7   Energy production and use 154 3.8   Energy efficiency, dependency, and emissions 158 3.9   Sources of electricity 162 3.10 Urbanization 166 3.11 Urban environment 170 3.12 Traffic and congestion 174 3.13 Air pollution 178 3.14 Government commitment 180 3.15 Toward a broader measure of savings 184 Text figures and boxes 3a    High-income countries account for half the world’s carbon dioxide emissions 126 3b    Most future urban growth will be absorbed by developing economies 127 3c    Global monitoring of housing conditions and data requirements 128 3.1a All income groups and all regions are becoming less rural 133 3.2a Arable land per person is shrinking in all regions and in all income groups 137 3.3a The 10 countries with the highest cereal yield in 2002–04— and the 10 with the lowest 141 3.5a Agriculture uses more than 71 percent of freshwater globally 149 3.6a High- and middle-income countries account for most water pollution from organic waste 153 3.7a Ten of the top 15 energy producers are low-income countries . . . 157 3.7b . . . but only 7 of the top 15 energy users are 157 3.7c High-income countries have the highest energy use per capita 157 3.8a All income groups are using energy more efficiently now 161 3.9a Sources of electricity generation have shifted differently in different income groups 165 3.10a Developing economies are becoming more urban 169 3.10b . . . and urbanization is growing fastest in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia 169 3.11a The use of public transportation for work trips varied widely across cities in 1998 173 3.12a High-income countries have many more passenger cars per 1,000 people than developing countries do 177 3.14a The Kyoto Protocol on climate change 180 3.14b Global atmospheric concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons have leveled off 181 3.14c Global focus on biodiversity and climate change 182

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