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Resources online
Online publications:
Special number on "Cities and Parks" of Parks journal, published by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, 2001 (Go to Volume 11, Number 3 and click on the PDF image)
"La Natura in Cittą: I Parchi di Roma come Prolungamento della Campagna nella Trama Urbanizzata," (Nature in the City: The Parks of Rome as an Extension of the Countryside in the City) by Paolo Giuntarelli, Director, RomaNatura, Rome, Italy (in Italian) (PDF). Publication of the Italian Geographical Society.
Intergovernmental organizations:
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT): www.unhabitat.org. Includes the Sustainable Cities Programme and Localizing Agenda 21, conducted jointly with UNEP, below.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): www.unep.org. Works closely with UN-HABITAT on urban environmental problems.
UNESCO: MAB Urban Group (Man and the Biosphere Programme of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization): http://www.unesco.org/mab.
Cities Alliance: www.citiesalliance.org. A global alliance of cities and their development partners committed to improving the living conditions of the urban poor through city development strategies and slum upgrading.
International NGOs:
FEDENATUR: European Federation of Metropolitan and Periurban Natural and Rural Spaces: www.fedenatur.org.
Habitat Coalition International (HIC): www.hic-net.org
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability: www.iclei.org
Medcities Network, http://www.medcities.org. Works for environmental improvement of coastal cities in the Mediterranean region.
Metropolis: World Association of the Major Metropolises: www.metropolis.org. (The metropolitan section of UCLG, below; members are over 60 major cities.)
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG): www.cities-localgovernments.org/uclg
Other organizations:
UK MAB Urban Forum: www.ukmaburbanforum.org.uk.
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