The Urban Imperative:

Urban outreach strategies for protected area agencies

EDITED BY TED TRZYNA

Following are links to articles posted on this Web site in HTML form.

Note: In addition to the printed version and these HTML pages, the book is posted on IUCN's Web site in PDF form: Go to www.iucn.org/wcpa and click on Publications by Subject; then go to Cities. Although the PDF has 46,146 kb, it is divided into parts. Please note that there are minor differences (in punctuation, bibliographic form, etc.) between some of the papers in this Web version and the print version. The print/PDF version is definitive.

[Quotable quotes from The Urban Imperative]

Foreword: Jeffrey A. McNeely

Introduction: Ted Trzyna [Summarizes the book; makes recommendations]

Reflections: Judy Ling Wong

Workshop sponsors

Part 1:  Cities depend on protected areas

The role of forest protected areas in supplying drinking water to the world's biggest cities: Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton

Resource economics as a tool for open space planning in Durban, South Africa: Debra Roberts, et al.

Part 2:  Protected areas depend on cities

Raising the priority of urban areas in protected area systems in Brazil and beyond: Pedro da Cunha e Menezes

A city defends its natural heritage: Hong Kong's Country and Marine Parks: Fook-Yee Wong

California cities and the protection and restoration of Yosemite National Park: John J. Reynolds

Community-driven stewardship of an Australian government protected area: Pamela Parker and Michael Punturiero

Part 3:  Strategies for linking cities and protected areas

Connecting with nature in a capital city: The London Biodiversity Strategy: David Goode

Paris-Nature: An innovative urban ecology program: Mark Lellouch

The City of Cape Town's Biodiversity Strategy: Tania Katzschner, et al.

Biodiversity conservation as a social bridge in the urban context: Cape Town's sense of "The Urban Imperative" to protect its biodiversity and empower its people: George Davis

Mosaic: Building links between ethnic groups and national parks in the United Kingdom: Jessica Memon

A conservation agency creates "natural parks" in inner-city Los Angeles: Ted Trzyna

"Healthy Parks, Healthy People" and other social capital initiatives of Parks Victoria, Australia: John Senior and Mardie Townsend

Kids for Tigers: The Sanctuary Asia Tiger Program: A globally replicable contact program to win support for wildlife and protected areas: Bittu Sahgal

Vision beyond mandate: Creating farmland protected areas in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico: Todd Miller

Part 4:  Making partnerships work

Groundwork: An innovative British environmental partnership organization: Ted Trzyna

Building urban constituencies for nature conservation: The Golden Gate experience: Brian O'Neill and Greg Moore

Part 5:  Evaluation

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