Unofficial Road Building in the Amazon
Socioeconomic and Biophysical Explanations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3883653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen G Perz (0000-0002-7922-6672, University of Florida), Marcellus M Caldas (0000-0003-3086-7054, Kansas State University), Eugênio Arima (0000-0003-3366-4287, Smith College), Robert J Walker (0000-0002-0953-6907, Michigan State University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 529-551 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00422.x |
| OpenAlex | W2086203106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 25 |
Roads have manifold social and environmental impacts, including regional development, social conflicts and habitat fragmentation. 'Road ecology' has emerged as an approach to evaluate the various ecological and hydrological impacts of roads. This article aims to complement road ecology by examining the socio-spatial processes of road building itself. Focusing on the Brazilian Amazon, a heavily-studied context due to forest fragmentation by roads, the authors consider non-state social actors who build 'unofficial roads' for the purpose of gaining access to natural resources to support livelihoods and community development. They examine four case studies of roads with distinct histories in order to explain the socio-spatial processes behind road building in terms of profit maximization, land tenure claims, co-operative and conflictive political ecologies, and constraints as well as opportunities afforded by the biophysical environment. The study cases illustrate the need for a multi-pronged theoretical approach to understanding road building, and call for more attention to the role of non-state actors in road construction
Agriculture · Amazon rainforest · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Livelihood · Natural resource · Political ecology · Political science · Politics · Spatial contextual awareness · Ecology · Mining and Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
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Introduction
New Ecology and the Social Sciences
| Citations per year | 0.76 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |