Campbell, Mason, Alamgir, Mohammed, and Laurance, William (2017) Roads to ruin: can we build roads that benefit people while not destroying nature? Australasian Science, 38 (2). pp. 40-41.

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Abstract

[Extract] We are living in the most aggressive era of road building in human history. The International Energy Agency projects that by 2050 we will have another 25 million kilometers of paved roads on Earth - enough to encircle the globe more than 600 times. Nine-tenth of these roads will be built in developing nations, mostly in the tropics and subtropics, which sustain the planet's most biologically rich and environmentally important ecosystems.

Item ID:	47513
Item Type:	Article (Non-Refereed Research)
ISSN:	1442-679X
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2017 00:01
FoR Codes:	05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050205 Environmental Management @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060208 Terrestrial Ecology @ 25% 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0501 Ecological Applications > 050104 Landscape Ecology @ 25%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales @ 50% 88 TRANSPORT > 8801 Ground Transport > 880106 Road Infrastructure and Networks @ 25% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 25%
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