Global urbanization and protected areas

 Challenges and opportunities posed by a major factor of global change — and creative ways of responding

Online version of a paper by Ted Trzyna published in 2007 by

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

California Institute of Public Affairs / InterEnvironment

 

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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

 


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Citation: Ted Trzyna. 2007. Global Urbanization and Protected
Areas. Sacramento, California: California Institute of Public
Affairs for IUCN. 54 pp.

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