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The Urban Imperative
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Foreword JEFFREY A. McNEELY, 5; Reflections: Nature for people and people for nature JUDY LING WONG, 7; Introduction TED TRZYNA, 9; The Congress, sponsors, and contributors, 21; Part 1: Cities depend on protected areas, 25; The role of forest protected areas in supplying drinking water to the world's biggest cities NIGEL DUDLEY AND SUE STOLTON, 27; Some benefits of protected areas for urban communities: A view from Sydney, Australia NICHOLAS CONNER, 34; Resource economics as a tool for open space planning in Durban, South Africa DEBRA ROBERTS, RICHARD BOON, PENNY CROUCAMP, AND MYLES MANDER, 44; Part 2: Protected areas depend on cities, 49; Raising the priority of urban areas in protected area systems in Brazil and beyond PEDRO DA CUNHA E MENEZES, 51; A city defends its natural heritage: Hong Kong's Country and Marine Parks FOOK YEE WONG, 58; California cities and the protection and restoration of Yosemite National Park JOHN J. REYNOLDS, 62; Community-driven stewardship of an Australian government protected area PAMELA PARKER AND MICHAEL PUNTURIERO, 68; Part 3: Strategies for linking cities and protected areas, 73; Connecting with nature in a capital city: The London Biodiversity Strategy DAVID GOODE, 75; Paris-Nature: An innovative urban ecology program MARK LELLOUCH, 86; The City of Cape Town's Biodiversity Strategy TANIA KATZSCHNER, GREGG OELOFSE, KEITH WISEMAN, JOANNE JACKSON, AND DEAN FERREIRA, 91. 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, 96; Mosaic: Building links between ethnic communities and national parks in the United Kingdom JESSICA MEMON, 105; A conservation agency creates inner-city "natural parks" in Los Angeles TED TRZYNA, 107; "Healthy Parks, Healthy People" and other social capital initiatives of Parks Victoria, Australia JOHN SENIOR AND MARDIE TOWNSEND, 111; Kids for Tigers: The Sanctuary Asia Tiger Program: A globally replicable school contact program to win support for wildlife and protected areas BITTU SAHGAL, 121; Vision beyond mandate: Creating farmland protected areas in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico TODD MILLER, 124; Part 4: Making partnerships work, 131; Groundwork: An innovative British environmental partnership organization TED TRZYNA, 133; Chicago Wilderness: A collaborative model for urban conservation LUCY HUTCHERSON, 138; Building urban constituencies for nature conservation: The Golden Gate experience BRIAN O'NEILL AND GREG MOORE, 142; Conservation NGOs as leaders in protecting urban nature: The urban nature reserves project of Aves Argentinas MARIA VIRGINIA DE FRANCESCO, 147; Nature education in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan: The important role of volunteers SHIN WANG, 152; Part 5: Evaluation, 155; How to reach urban communities: Lessons learned from museum evaluation MARTIN STORKSDIECK, 157; Appendix: World Parks Congress Recommendation, 165.

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