Urban areas

As our cities continue to grow, we should defend the protection of natural areas and even try to create new space for nature within this urban fabric. This volume explains the context and concept of urban protected areas, profiles urban protected areas in 15 metropolitan areas around the world, and offers best practice guidelines.

This book challenges many common assumptions about the urban Third World -- for example that urban citizens live in very large cities and that cities are growing rapidly, or that city dwellers benefit from 'urban bias' in government and aid policies. It is about the lives of the 'squatter citizens' and th eproblems they face in their struggle for survival.

This book brings together leaders in the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research with leading education researchers, administrators and practitioners. Together, they show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital not just for urban dwellers but for everyone, applying the fundamentals of ecological and social science to solving some of our most pressing environmental problems.

Jeune capitale surgie des dunes, face à l'océan, Nouakchott est née en même temps que l'Etat indépendant de Mauritanie. Cet ouvrage accompagne l'exposition consacrée à la ville, de sa création en 1958 à nos jours : écrist littéraires et journalistiques, témoignages et articles scientifiques, tous illustrés, retracent la genèse de la capitale, sa croissance depuis sa création et ses perspectives d'évolution.

Compartir un territorio no equivale a percibirlo de la misma manera. Por eso hay muchas formas de interpretar la realidad territorial, muchas aproximaciones sectoriales distintas. Este libro trata de mostrar la complejidad sistémica del territorio, por encima de reduccionismos o iteraciones. Expertos de muy diverso origen profesional reflexionan sobre conceptos emergentes que permiten ver sistémicamente, y sobre todo concebir holísticamente, un nuevo espacio para unos nuevos tiempos.