Unofficial road building in the Amazon: Socioeconomic and biophysical explanations

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 529-551

  Perz, Stephen G ^a   Caldas, Marcellus M ^b   Arima, Eugenio ^c   Walker, Robert T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND TENURE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PROFITABILITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249852501     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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