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What is the population of London? |
8 million |
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What is the population of Truro? |
17,000 |
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What is the area of London? |
1800km2 |
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What is the population density of London? |
C4000 people per km2 |
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What is the population, area and population density of Dhaka? |
Pop = 9 million Area = 300 km2 Density = C30,000 people per km2 |
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How many HQs of the world's largest manufacturing firms does New York have? |
59 of the top 500 |
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What is the projected growth of Dhaka? |
40 million people by 2050 |
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What is Dhaka's population density now approaching? |
100,000 people per square mile |
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How long is the North to South thoroughfare road in Dhaka usually blocked for? |
6 hours per day at railroad crossings |
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What is the GDP per capita of Bangladesh? |
Under $1500 annually |
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What proportion of Dhaka's population live in slums? |
1/4 |
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How many slums does Dhaka have? |
8000 |
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How densely populated are the slums? |
Some as high as 4200 people per acre |
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What particulate matter is deemed dangerous? |
Over 250 particulate matter |
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What did particulate matter reach in Beijing? |
Over 1000 |
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How many cars do the Chinese now own and how much is this expected to rise by? |
They now own over 10 million cars, expected to rise by 1 million every year |
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How much does it cost to drive in London's congestion zone? |
£10 per day (mon-sat) |
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When did Paris attempt to halve traffic in the city? |
March 2014 |
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What proportion of its garbage do Curitiba recycle? |
2/3 |
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How much cheaper was Curitiba's bus system than a subway would have been? |
500x |
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What did the government predict about new homes in England in 1998? |
That England would need an extra 5.5 million homes over the following 25 years |
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How many jobs are there in Truro? |
22,000 |
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How many economically active people live in Truro? |
9500 |
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When was the Langarth P&R opened? |
August 2008 |
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When does the Langarth P&R operate? |
7am to 7pm mon-sat, departing every 10 mins during peak times |
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How much does the Langarth P&R reduce the number of cars travelling into Truro by? What is the source of this fact? |
170,000 cars per year Source: Falmouth Packet 2009 |
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How many people live in Babilonia in Brazil? |
About 80,000 |
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What percentage of its funds does the crèche in Babilonia raise by sending out email appeals? |
60% |
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How many people live above the 14th floor of a block of flats in Hong Kong? |
Nearly 3 million |
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How many people live in each block of flats in Hong Kong? What does this mean? |
1000, meaning that 20,000 people can live within a half-mile radius |
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What is the population of Mexico City? |
21.2 million |
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How much has Mexico City sunk? |
30 feet in the past century |
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How much has Mexico City's sewage rival solution cost? |
$18 billion |
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How big is Mexico City's new sewage removal pipe? How much is being built per day? How much water will it be able to remove? |
7m diameter, 39 miles long 150 cubic meters a second 75m built per day |
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How many people are expected to move into China's cities in the next 10 years? |
350 million |
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How many new tower blocks are required to accommodate migrants into Chinese cities? |
100 new tower blocks per week |
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How fast can 'flat-pack' tower blocks be built? |
In just over 3 weeks, they can house 1000 people |
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What is the population of Rio de Janeiro? |
15.9 million |
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How many favelas does Rio have? |
700 |
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How many people live in Rio's favelas? |
1.5 million people |
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How much has Rio's cable car system cost? |
$133 million |
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When did Rio's cable car system open? |
July 2012 |
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How many billionaires live in Mumbai? |
8 |
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How densely populated is Dharavi? |
1 million people live in just 1 square mile of land |
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How many people share each toilet in Dharavi? |
500 |
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How many cases of sickness caused by poor sanitation do doctors in Dharavi deal with per day? |
4000 |
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What is the population of Mumbai? |
16 million |
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How long per day do water pipes come on for in Dharavi? |
2 hours |
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How many homes share each water pipe in Dharavi? |
12, on average |
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What is the employment rate in Dharavi? |
85% |
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How much of the UK's plastic waste is recycled? |
Only 23% |
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How much of Mumbai's plastic waste is recycled? |
80% |
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How many rubbish bags are collected across Mumbai every day? |
Over 1 million |
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How much do the 'rag-pickers' in Mumbai earn? |
The equivalent of £1 per day |
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How much more rubbish would Mumbai dumps have without the rag pickers? |
The mountain of rubbish in Mumbai would be 4x as high |
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How much will the Dharavi redevelopment plan cost? |
$2 billion |
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How many people live and work in Dharavi's "pottery district"? |
10,000 |
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How much is Dharavi's square mile of land worth to developers? |
Billions- it is a "real-estate gold mine" |
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When did the gentrification of Cabbagetown begin? |
1970s |
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Give a statistic that evidences disparities in wealth in Toronto |
Between 1996 and 2001, the number of people earning $100,000+ in Cabbagetown has increased by 42% and the number of families classed as 'low-income' has decreased by 32% |
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When was Regent Park built? |
In the 1940s |
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What is the average income of Regent Park residents? |
1/2 Torontonian's average |
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What percentage of Regent Park residents live below Canada's low income rate? |
68% |
