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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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CONTENTS — Posted on the Web by Web page, as indicated: 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
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
c. South Africa’s Cape Region Introduction Table Mountain National Park Edith Stephens Wetlands Park Web sites
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
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
4. Challenges and opportunities a. Challenges b. Opportunities 5. Lessons learned 6. Conclusions
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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