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45

40

35

30

Germany
Spain
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
United Kingdom

25

20

15

10

5

0

Fig. 5.8 Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million (% of total population)
between European countries

100

90

80

70

Germany
Spain
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
United Kingdom

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Fig. 5.9 Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) between
European countries

central debts increase, namely Portugal, Ireland, the UK, and France (Fig. 5.12 ).
The financial crisis of the USA in 2008 had negative effects upon European
countries.
The number of motor vehicles per 1,000 persons is greater in Italy and recently
in Greece and lower in Ireland and the UK (Fig. 5.13 ). This is interrelated with
some social attitudes, such as the preference for use of other means of transport to
travel.