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GEO-3: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK  
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Urban population (millions) with and without improved water and sanitation: Asia and the Pacific

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By the year 2000, improved water supplies had been provided to a larger proportion of the urban population (95 per cent) than had improved sanitation (65 per cent)

Note: data are available for many more countries in 2000 than in 1990 so the improvement appears exaggerated

Source: compiled from WHO and UNICEF 2000

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