Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages R259-R262

  Laurance, William F ^a   Peletier Jellema, Anna ^b   Geenen, Bart ^c   Koster, Harko ^c   Verweij, Pita ^d   Van Dijck, Pitou ^e   Lovejoy, Thomas E ^f   Schleicher, Judith ^g   Van Kuijk, Marijke ^h  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PCS Environmental and Social Impacts   (Netherlands)

^c WWF Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POWER PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84932614081     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.050     Document Type: Note

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