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Preface
About the author and sponsors
1. Background
a. Urbanization as a factor of global
change
b. Uncertain consequences of climate
change
c. What is “urban”?
d. Cities and larger ecosystems: The
context
2. How urbanization affects protected areas
a. Forms of urbanization
b. Impacts of urbanization
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2. Case studies: Protected areas and creative
approaches to urbanization
a. Introduction
b. Kenya
Introduction
Nairobi
National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park
Mombasa
Marine National Park and Reserve
Web sites
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c. South Africa’s Cape Region
Introduction
Table Mountain
National Park
Edith Stephens
Wetlands Park
Web sites
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d. The Californias (USA-Mexico)
Introduction
Protected areas along a troubled
border
Tijuana
River National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Fragmentation and wildlife
migration corridors
Los Angeles: Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area
Los Angeles: Little places with
big results
The desert: Joshua
Tree National Park
The desert: Protected areas in a
coalescing megapolis
Sierra Nevada parks:
Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite
Web sites
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e. A miscellany (with Web sites)
Australia: Urban invasive species
Brazil: The
São
Paolo Greenbelt
Cape Verde: Second-home enclaves
on the island of Sal
China: Hong Kong’s Country and
Marine Parks
Kiribati: Intensity on a small scale
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4. Challenges and opportunities
a. Challenges
b. Opportunities
5. Lessons learned
6. Conclusions
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7. Resources for further information
8. Notes
9. References and bibliography
Copyright notice, caveats, and citation
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Citation: Ted Trzyna. 2007. Global Urbanization and Protected
Areas. Sacramento, California: California Institute of Public
Affairs for IUCN. 54 pp.