The Impact of the Iirsa Road Infrastructure Programme on Amazonia

ISBN-13: 9780415531085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str.

Pitou Van Dijck; Pitou Van Dijck

Opis

This text analyses the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of the Initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (IIRSA), a continent-wide programme.

Spis treści

1. The Assessment of IIRSA Corridors: an Introduction  2. IIRSA-The Initiative  3. IIRSA and the New Insertion of Latin America in the World Economy  4. Assessing Impact Ex-ante: an SEA  5. The Impact of Road Infrastructure – Reviewing Evidence  6. Predicting Deforestation – a Methodological Approach  7. Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Corredor Norte in Bolivia  8. The IIRSA Guianese Shield Hub: the Case of Suriname  9. Hub and Spokes: Manaus and its Infrastructure Network into Amazonia  10. The Environmental Impact Assessment of the BR-319 Manaus-Porto Velho - Methodological reflections  11. The Integrated Impact Assessment of Road Infrastructure in Amazonia  12. Conclusion: Towards an Improved Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Mega-Road Infrastructure

O autorze

Pitou van Dijck is Associate Professor of Economics at the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) at the University of Amsterdam.