Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion
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2015
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Laurance, William
Peletier-Jellema, Anna
Geenen, Bart
Koster, Harko
Verweij, P.A.
Van Dijck, Pitou
Lovejoy, Thomas E.
Schleicher, Judith
van Kuijk, Marijke
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Abstract
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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valorisation, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine
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Laurance, W F, Peletier-Jellema, A, Geenen, B, Koster, H, Verweij, P, Van Dijck, P, Lovejoy, T E, Schleicher, J & Van Kuijk, M 2015, 'Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion', Current Biology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. R259-R262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.050