Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts
Eliezer Batista da Silva
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca
Amy B. Rosenfeld
This chapter discusses the impact of infrastructure on biodiversity. The authors conclude that by first ensuring that projects are viable from both the economic as well as the environmental social perspectives, project planners can help ensure that infrastructure development proceeds in a sustainable manner. Keywords:decision-making,
environmental viability,
infrastructure,
sustainable development,
systemic development