The impact of the IIRSA road infrastructure programme on Amazonia / Pitou van Dijck ; with contributions by, Bert van Barneveld. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dijck, Pitou van, author.

Contributor:

Van Barneveld, Bert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integración de la Estructura Regional de Sudamérica (Project).

Infrastructure (Economics)--Amazon River Region.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Roads--Amazon River Region--Design and construction.

Roads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of the Initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (IIRSA), a continent-wide programme. IIRSA aims at facilitating intra-regional trade and at improving trade and transport links with world markets. This is the first book on IIRSA and its potential implications for South America and more specifically for Amazonia. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the infrastructure programme and deals particularly with methods to assess the probable effects of road construction in environmentall

Contents:

The assessment of IIRSA corridors : an introduction

IIRSA-the initiative

IIRSA and the new insertion of Latin America in the world economy

Assessing impact ex ante : an SEA

The impact of road infrastructure : reviewing evidence

Predicting deforestation : a methodological approach

Strategic environmental assessment of the Corredor Norte in Bolivia

The IIRSA Guianese shield hub : the case of Suriname

Hub and Spokes : Manaus and its infrastructure network into Amazonia

The environmental impact assessment of the BR-319 Manaus-Porto Velho : methodological reflections

The integrated impact assessment of road infrastructure in Amazonia

Conclusion : towards an improved methodology for assessing the impact of mega-road infrastructure.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-18895-9

0-203-08402-0

1-299-27946-5

1-136-18896-7

9780203084021

OCLC:

830161305