Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Urban regions

London

Berlin

Rome

Bucharest

Stockholm

Barcelona

Nantes

Chicago

San Diego/Tij’a

Philadelphia

Ottawa

Edmonton

Portland

Atlanta

Mexico City

Santiago

Brasilia

Tegucigalpa

Iquitos

Cairo

Nairobi

Bamako

East London

Abeche

Beijing

Moscow

Seoul

Tehran

Sapporo

Ulaanbaatar

Erzurum

Kagoshima

Bangkok

Kuala Lumpur

Cuttack

Samarinda

Canberra

Rahimyar Khan

Average

Biodiversity sites (%)C331141312.5323.53.52.53.523.52-- 2.521.51.52.53.53432.53111.531.51.531.52.51S12231312121112.5121.51-- 2.513.51.52.51.511111333.511.53.5131.78T31442.5423.52.5142213.541.54-- 2.543.542.51.522242443.5343.5342.93D34322.5243.54433.53.54223.53-- 2.531.532.53.54342.54221.5331.531.52.91Recreation/tourism sites (%)C331.53-- 1.51.52.532.5322.5431422.54222.523.51.532.5321.511.52.51.5231.5

2.38

S111.51.5-- 1.54112.51211141111121213.512.5121.531.51321.531.69T3241.5-- 434413242422442442.5423.522.532444444443.16D3434-- 31.52.524342.5323332.5332423.51.542.5343232.51.521.51.5

2.77

Forest/woodland

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C3.51122322.52111.51133411-- 1.52.51-- 2.513-- 2.52.5211.5111121.81S1.54342142.5242332.511144-- 3.52.53-- 131-- 11224334322.53T1.52422222.5234422.5222.533-- 3.52.54-- 2.542-- 42.5443443442.94D3.53224422.54231.544442.522-- 1.52.52-- 424-- 2.54231.5222222.71Grassland/pastureland

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