Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion

被引:171
作者
Laurance, William F. [1 ,2 ]
Peletier-Jellema, Anna [3 ]
Geenen, Bart [4 ]
Koster, Harko [4 ]
Verweij, Pita [5 ]
Van Dijck, Pitou [6 ]
Lovejoy, Thomas E. [7 ]
Schleicher, Judith [8 ]
Van Kuijk, Marijke [9 ]
机构
[1] James Cook Univ, Ctr Trop Environm & Sustainabil Sci, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia
[2] James Cook Univ, Coll Marine & Environm Sci, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia
[3] PCS Environm & Social Impacts, NL-2012 SM Haarlem, Netherlands
[4] WWF Netherlands, Zeist, Netherlands
[5] Univ Utrecht, Copernicus Inst Sustainable Dev, NL-3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands
[6] Ctr Latin Amer Res & Documentat, NL-1018 WB Amsterdam, Netherlands
[7] George Mason Univ, Environm Sci & Policy, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[8] Univ Cambridge, Dept Geog, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England
[9] Univ Utrecht, Fac Sci, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
BRAZILIAN AMAZON; DEFORESTATION; CONSERVATION; ROADS;
D O I
10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.050
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Infrastructures, such as roads, mines, and hydroelectric dams, are proliferating explosively. Often, this has serious direct and indirect environmental impacts. We highlight nine issues that should be considered by project proponents to better evaluate and limit the environmental risks of such developments.
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页码:R259 / R262
页数:4
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