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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.