Four cities, four different experiences
Learning from the local context for a joint strategy
Four cities, four different experiences
Learning from the local context for a joint strategy
Each case study area provides a unique point of view on biodiversity conservation. We group them in pairs by similar yet different features that allow us to compare their preservation methods.
Grenoble, France – Göttingen, Germany
Grenoble and Göttingen are medium-sized cities, both located in high and low mountain areas, whose conservation interest lies in maintaining multifunctional farmlands and forests of high ecological value.
The key difference between them is that, in Göttingen, land use is more intensive and the network of protected areas smaller and more fragmented than in Grenoble.
Cape Town, South Africa – Stockholm, Sweden
Cape Town and Stockholm, although both are large metropolitan cities, contrast strongly in terms of socioeconomic development and equity. While the former presents a high inequality between wealthy and poor areas of the city due to apartheid, these disparities are less evident in the latter.
The interest of this pair, with distinct history and government traditions, lies in the different conservation methods they practise on the vast fertile ground available to them.
Each case study area provides a unique point of view on biodiversity conservation. We group them in pairs by similar yet different features that allow us to compare their preservation methods.
Grenoble, France – Göttingen, Germany
Grenoble and Göttingen are medium-sized cities, both located in high and low mountain areas, whose conservation interest lies in maintaining multifunctional farmlands and forests of high ecological value. The key difference between them is that, in Göttingen, land use is more intensive and the network of protected areas smaller and more fragmented than in Grenoble.
Cape Town, South Africa – Stockholm, Sweden
Cape Town and Stockholm, although both are large metropolitan cities, contrast strongly in terms of socioeconomic development and equity. While the former presents a high inequality between wealthy and poor areas of the city due to apartheid, these disparities are less evident in the latter. The interest of this pair, with distinct history and government traditions, lies in the different conservation methods they practise on the vast fertile ground available to them.
