Economic boom or ecologic doom? : using spatial analysis to reconcile road development with forest conservation / / Alvaro Federico [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465337203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (103 p.)
• Collana: Directions in Development. Infrastructure
• Disciplina: 388.04909675
• Soggetti: Transportation and state - Congo (Democratic Republic); Economic development - Congo (Democratic Republic); Deforestation - Congo (Democratic Republic); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This report was prepared by a team led by Richard Damania comprising (in alphabetical order) Alvaro Federico Barra, Mathilde Burnouf and Jason Daniel Russ."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Overview; Context and Rationale; Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Development; Structure of the Report; Notes; References; Chapter 2 A Snapshot of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Transport System; Introduction; The Current State of the Transport Network; Two Transport Network Improvement Proposals; Benefits to Road Improvement; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Roads, Forests, and the Biodiversity of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Motivation; Approach; Results on Forest ClearingGradients of Biodiversity Impacts; The Stakes for Vulnerable Areas; Concluding Remarks; Annex 3A; Annex 3B; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Economic and Ecological Impact of Prospective Road Investments; Introduction; Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project; Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Summary and Conclusions; Introduction; Modeling Transport Cost in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Its ; Effects in the Economy; Estimating Deforestation and Biodiversity Impacts of Road Improvements; Scenario Analysis; Boxes; Map ES.3 Transport Cost to the Cheapest MarketMap ES.4 The Difference in Transportation Costs to Kinshasa between a Unimodal and Multimodal System; Map ES.5 Composite Species-Ecoregion Index, Congo Basin Countries; Map ES.6 The Economy and Ecology of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Map ES.7 Estimated Changes to Local GDP and Deforestation from the Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project; Map ES.8 Major Urban Center Road Network Deforestation Risk Assessment; Map ES.9 Estimated Changes to Local GDP Due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project