Infrastructure development and ape conservation volume 3 / [electronic resource]
Infrastructure development and ape conservation volume 3 / [electronic resource]
edited by Helga Rainer, Alison White, Annette Lanjouw
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018
- online resource
- State of the apes ; 3 .
- State of the apes ; volume 3 .
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Infrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments' efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and persistent inequalities. Large-scale infrastructure development is regularly touted as a way to meet the growing demand for energy, transport and food - and as a key to poverty alleviation. In practice, however, road networks, hydropower dams and 'development corridors' tend to have adverse effects on local populations, natural habitats and biodiversity. Such projects typically weaken the capacity of ecosystems to maintain ecological functions on which wildlife and human communities depend, particularly in the face of climate change. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Core
9781108436427
APES--HABITAT--CONSERVATION--AFRICA
APES--HABITAT--CONSERVATION--ASIA
INFRASTRUCTURE (ECONOMICS)--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
APES--EFFECT OF ROADS ON
QL 737.P94 / I53 2018
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2018)
Available to OhioLINK libraries
Infrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments' efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and persistent inequalities. Large-scale infrastructure development is regularly touted as a way to meet the growing demand for energy, transport and food - and as a key to poverty alleviation. In practice, however, road networks, hydropower dams and 'development corridors' tend to have adverse effects on local populations, natural habitats and biodiversity. Such projects typically weaken the capacity of ecosystems to maintain ecological functions on which wildlife and human communities depend, particularly in the face of climate change. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Core
9781108436427
APES--HABITAT--CONSERVATION--AFRICA
APES--HABITAT--CONSERVATION--ASIA
INFRASTRUCTURE (ECONOMICS)--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
APES--EFFECT OF ROADS ON
QL 737.P94 / I53 2018