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Bam+

Ban* Cut•

Nai+

Nan•

Phil+ Ula• Por• San*

Sto+

Ott+

Sap+

Sea*

Abe• Eas•

Max*

Bra+

Iqu•

Bar+ Teg• Keg•

Numerous

Medium

Few

Linear

Compact

Linear

Compact

Linear

Compact

Kua+ Edm•

Atl•

Number of wooded landscapes in urban region

Abundance and shapes of small woods close to

wooded landscapes

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Sdt+

Te h*

Bei*

Mos*

Lon*

Cai*

Chi+

Buc+ Rom+

Erz•

Can•

Rah•

Figure 6.2Abundance and shape of small woods relative to number of wooded

landscapes in an urban region. Wooded landscapes (forest or woodland) are >

100 km^2 and compact in shape. Small woods within 5 km of a wooded landscape

average 0.4 km^2 , but are mostly <0.2 km^2 (<200 ha). Relative abundance (few,

medium, numerous) is estimated for small woods <5 km from a wooded landscape.

∗= city population >4 million (‘‘large”); + = 1 to 4 million (‘‘medium”);

• = 250 000 to 1 million (‘‘small”). City abbreviations: Abe (Abeche, Chad); Atl
  (Atlanta, USA); Bam (Bamako, Mali); Ban (Bangkok, Thailand); Bar (Barcelona, Spain);
  Bei (Beijing, China); Ber (Berlin, Germany); Bra (Brasilia, Brazil); Buc (Bucharest,
  Romania); Cai (Cairo, Egypt); Can (Canberra, Australia); Chi (Chicago, USA); Cut
  (Cuttack, India); Eas (East London, South Africa); Edm (Edmonton, Canada); Erz
  (Erzurum, Turkey); Iqu (Iquitos, Peru); Kag (Kagoshima, Japan); Kua (Kuala Lumpur,
  Malaysia); Lon (London, United Kingdom); Mex (Mexico City, Mexico); Mos (Moscow,
  Russia); Nai (Nairobi, Kenya); Nan (Nantes, France); Ott (Ottawa, Canada); Phi
  (Philadelphia, USA); Por (Portland, USA); Rah (Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan); Rom (Rome,
  Italy); Sam (Samarinda, Indonesia); Sdt (San Diego/Tijuana, USA/Mexico); San
  (Santiago, Chile); Sap (Sapporo, Japan); Seo (Seoul, South Korea); Sto (Stockholm,
  Sweden); Teg (Tegucigalpa, Honduras); Teh (Tehran, Iran); Ula (Ulaanbaatar,
  Mongolia). See Table5.1and Chapter5 forfurther urban region information.