Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius
Rapid population growth and economic change on the tropical islands of Mauritius have led to one of the highest rates of urban build-out in the world. Pressure on many of the island's natural features and resources increasingly risks further degradation to the environmental services that they provide to the country. Fourteen types of marine and terrestrial environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) are critical to the nation's sustainable development. Twelve of these ESA types are currently at risk of degradation, owing to their spatial proximity to built-up areas (BUAs) and current use designation. There was a bimodal distribution in proximity; eight of the 12 ESA types analysed had an area-weighted modal peak < 500 m from the nearest BUA, and four ESAs had a modal peak 2–3 km from the nearest BUA. Six coastal and marine ESAs had limited protection from urban expansion and over-use. The Mauritian experience reflects trends that are emerging across many tropical developing countries, where the bulk of future global growth in urban area is expected to occur. The approach detailed in this case study is replicable and may be useful in assessing degradation risk as a result of urban expansion in other island countries.
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dig-cirad-fr-5764222024-01-28T22:46:07Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/576422/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/576422/ Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius. Hammond David S., Gond Valéry, Baider Claudia, Florens Vincent, Persand S., Laurance William F.. 2015. Environmental Conservation, 42 (3) : 256-267.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892914000411 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892914000411> Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius Hammond, David S. Gond, Valéry Baider, Claudia Florens, Vincent Persand, S. Laurance, William F. eng 2015 Environmental Conservation P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières B10 - Géographie 000 - Autres thèmes U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques urbanisation zone suburbaine gestion du risque protection de l'environnement gestion des ressources récif corallien zone côtière aménagement du territoire modélisation environnementale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7488 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37934 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15898 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6524 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1880 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000021 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37899 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000056 Maurice http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4662 Rapid population growth and economic change on the tropical islands of Mauritius have led to one of the highest rates of urban build-out in the world. Pressure on many of the island's natural features and resources increasingly risks further degradation to the environmental services that they provide to the country. Fourteen types of marine and terrestrial environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) are critical to the nation's sustainable development. Twelve of these ESA types are currently at risk of degradation, owing to their spatial proximity to built-up areas (BUAs) and current use designation. There was a bimodal distribution in proximity; eight of the 12 ESA types analysed had an area-weighted modal peak < 500 m from the nearest BUA, and four ESAs had a modal peak 2–3 km from the nearest BUA. Six coastal and marine ESAs had limited protection from urban expansion and over-use. The Mauritian experience reflects trends that are emerging across many tropical developing countries, where the bulk of future global growth in urban area is expected to occur. The approach detailed in this case study is replicable and may be useful in assessing degradation risk as a result of urban expansion in other island countries. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/576422/1/576422.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892914000411 10.1017/S0376892914000411 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S0376892914000411 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892914000411 |
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P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières B10 - Géographie 000 - Autres thèmes U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques urbanisation zone suburbaine gestion du risque protection de l'environnement gestion des ressources récif corallien zone côtière aménagement du territoire modélisation environnementale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7488 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37934 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15898 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6524 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1880 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000021 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37899 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000056 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4662 P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières B10 - Géographie 000 - Autres thèmes U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques urbanisation zone suburbaine gestion du risque protection de l'environnement gestion des ressources récif corallien zone côtière aménagement du territoire modélisation environnementale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7488 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37934 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15898 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6524 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1880 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000021 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37899 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000056 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4662 Hammond, David S. Gond, Valéry Baider, Claudia Florens, Vincent Persand, S. Laurance, William F. Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius |
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Rapid population growth and economic change on the tropical islands of Mauritius have led to one of the highest rates of urban build-out in the world. Pressure on many of the island's natural features and resources increasingly risks further degradation to the environmental services that they provide to the country. Fourteen types of marine and terrestrial environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) are critical to the nation's sustainable development. Twelve of these ESA types are currently at risk of degradation, owing to their spatial proximity to built-up areas (BUAs) and current use designation. There was a bimodal distribution in proximity; eight of the 12 ESA types analysed had an area-weighted modal peak < 500 m from the nearest BUA, and four ESAs had a modal peak 2–3 km from the nearest BUA. Six coastal and marine ESAs had limited protection from urban expansion and over-use. The Mauritian experience reflects trends that are emerging across many tropical developing countries, where the bulk of future global growth in urban area is expected to occur. The approach detailed in this case study is replicable and may be useful in assessing degradation risk as a result of urban expansion in other island countries. |
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P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières B10 - Géographie 000 - Autres thèmes U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques urbanisation zone suburbaine gestion du risque protection de l'environnement gestion des ressources récif corallien zone côtière aménagement du territoire modélisation environnementale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7488 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37934 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15898 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6524 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1880 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000021 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37899 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000056 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4662 |
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Hammond, David S. Gond, Valéry Baider, Claudia Florens, Vincent Persand, S. Laurance, William F. |
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Hammond, David S. Gond, Valéry Baider, Claudia Florens, Vincent Persand, S. Laurance, William F. |
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Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius |
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Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius |
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Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius |
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Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius |
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Threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in Mauritius |
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threats to environmentally sensitive areas from peri-urban expansion in mauritius |
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