Economic boom or ecologic doom? : using spatial analysis to reconcile road development with forest conservation

Economic boom or ecologic doom? : using spatial analysis to reconcile road development with forest conservation / Alvara Federico Barra, Mathilde Burnouf, Richard Damania and Jason Russ.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Damania, Richard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank Group, 2016.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Infrastructure.
Subjects:
Transportation and state > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Economic development > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Deforestation > Congo (Democratic Republic)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Deforestation
Economic development
Transportation and state
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Overview; Context and Rationale; Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Development; Structure of the Report; Notes; References; Chapter 2 A Snapshot of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Transport System; Introduction; The Current State of the Transport Network; Two Transport Network Improvement Proposals; Benefits to Road Improvement; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Roads, Forests, and the Biodiversity of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Motivation; Approach.
  • Results on Forest ClearingGradients of Biodiversity Impacts; The Stakes for Vulnerable Areas; Concluding Remarks; Annex 3A; Annex 3B; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Economic and Ecological Impact of Prospective Road Investments; Introduction; Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project; Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Summary and Conclusions; Introduction; Modeling Transport Cost in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Its Effects in the Economy; Estimating Deforestation and Biodiversity Impacts of Road Improvements; Scenario Analysis; Boxes.
  • Box 2.1 Geospatial ModelBox 2.2 The Effect of Transport Costs on Economic Activity; Box 4.1 Local GDP Simulation; Box 4.2 Estimating Agricultural Benefits; Figures; Figure ES. 1 Effect of Road Quality on Forest Clearing Intensity; Figure 1.1 Environmental Income Dependence by Income Quintile; Figure 3.1 Effect of Road Quality on Forest Clearing Intensity; Figure 3A.1 Road Planning Regimes, Road Quality, and Deforestation; Maps; Map ES. 1 Local GDP in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006; Map ES. 2 Diagrammatic Map of Transport in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Map ES. 3 Transport Cost to the Cheapest MarketMap ES. 4 The Difference in Transportation Costs to Kinshasa between a Unimodal and Multimodal System; Map ES. 5 Composite Species-Ecoregion Index, Congo Basin Countries; Map ES. 6 The Economy and Ecology of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Map ES. 7 Estimated Changes to Local GDP and Deforestation from the Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project; Map ES. 8 Major Urban Center Road Network Deforestation Risk Assessment; Map ES. 9 Estimated Changes to Local GDP Due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project.
  • Map ES. 10 Estimated Additional Annual Deforestation Due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement ProjectMap ES. 11 Biodiversity Composite Index Compared with Estimated Additional Deforestation Due to the Project; Map 1.1 Local GDP in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006; Map 2.1 Transport Cost to Cheapest Market; Map 2.2 Transport Cost to Kinshasa; Map 2.3 Critical Roads for the Port Network; Map 2.4 Major Urban Center Road Network; Map 3.1 Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Change in Percent Clearing along Roads without and with Upgrading.

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