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Why UNPEC?<br />
A research program<br />
supported by<br />
<strong>In</strong>creasingly urbanized landscapes put growing pressure on the natural<br />
systems they transform: higher concentrations of people demand more<br />
land, water and opportunity than smaller populations. Yet to meet the<br />
needs of human communities, the natural systems they depend upon<br />
must be preserved. One common and effective strategy for this is to<br />
protect areas; but in urban settings, this can turn out to be particularly<br />
complex.<br />
Over a four-year period (2012-2015), UNPEC will conduct an<br />
interdisciplinary program of applied research on Cape Town, Mumbai,<br />
Nairobi and Rio and their respective <strong>Urban</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Parks</strong>. <strong>In</strong> such<br />
settings, the interdependence between people and nature may seem be<br />
obvious – but often, it appears City and Park management are undertaken<br />
as though they were separate activities. UNPEC will work to understand<br />
the implications and consequences of decoupled dynamics.<br />
For Protected Area Managers and <strong>Urban</strong> <strong>In</strong>stitutions: UNPEC and the<br />
<strong>Urban</strong> Protected Area (<strong>UPA</strong>) Network offer an independent perspective on<br />
the interaction between each City and its adjacent <strong>National</strong> Park. The<br />
comparative dimension of this work will also afford several opportunities<br />
to interact directly with your counterparts from other <strong>Urban</strong> Protected<br />
Areas, as part of our ongoing interactive discussion about the specificities<br />
of managing nature in and for the benefit of urban settings.<br />
For Researchers: UNPEC and the <strong>UPA</strong> Network offer fertile ground for<br />
empirical and theoretical work on the representations of nature in the<br />
city by different stakeholders, on spatial and social segmentation, on the<br />
economic benefits ecosystem services, on environmental risk abatement<br />
through ecosystem-based land management, circulation of global<br />
models, multi-scale interactions, etc.<br />
Scientific Partners :<br />
Further information :<br />
www.upa-network.org<br />
Site Coordinators:<br />
Nairobi: Bernard Calas – IFRA-Nairobi - fracasses@wanadoo.fr<br />
Mumbai: Frédéric Landy – Université Paris Nanterre<br />
Frederic_landy@orange.fr<br />
Cape Town: Estienne Rodary – IRD/IFAS - estienne.rodary@ird.fr<br />
Rio de Janeiro: Louise Bruno – <strong>In</strong>stitut Libertas - louise.bruno@yahoo.fr<br />
unpec<br />
<strong>Urban</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Parks</strong><br />
<strong>In</strong> <strong>Emerging</strong> <strong>Countries</strong> & <strong>Cities</strong><br />
offer fertile ground for empirical and theoretical work<br />
<strong>UPA</strong><br />
URBAN PROTECTED<br />
AREAS NETWORK