Avança Brasil: Environmental and social consequences of Brazil's planned infrastructure in Amazonia

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 735-747

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Deforestation; Environmental impact assessment; Highways

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALUMINUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIAL IMPACT;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CARBON STORAGE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; GOVERNMENT; LICENSING; MONEY; PROCESSING; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; POWER SUPPLY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL;

GLYCINE MAX;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TREES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036886431     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2788-2     Document Type: Review

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