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A global strategy for road building [1]

The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century. Globally, at least 25 million kilometres of new roads are anticipated by 2050; a 60% increase in the total length of roads over that in 2010. Nine-tenths of all road construction is expected to occur in developing nations, including many regions that sustain exceptional biodiversity and vital ecosystem services.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2014
William F. Laurance [2], Gopalasamy Reuben Clements [3], Sean Sloan & et al [4]
Nature [5]
513
1-7
Tags:
Roads [6], Ecosystems [7], Biodiversity [8], Ecosystem Services [9], Developing Countries [10], India [11], Land Use [12], Agriculture [13], Economic Development [14], Conflicts [15], Wildlife [16], Deforestation [17], Transport [18], Asia [19], Africa [20], Mexico [21], South America [22]

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