The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century 1. 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 1, including many regions that sustain exceptional biodiversity and vital ecosystem services. Roads penetrating into wilderness or frontier areas are a major proximate driver of habitat loss and fragmentation, wildfires, overhunting and other environmental degradation, often with irreversible impacts on ecosystems 2, 3, 4, 5. Unfortunately, much road proliferation is chaotic or poorly planned 3, 4, 6, and the rate of expansion is so great that it often...
[Extract] Located in the wrong places, roads can open a Pandora's Box of problems, says William F. L...
Roads are proliferating across the planet. Located and designed wisely, they can help rather than ha...
The building of new roads is a recognized agent of landscape transformation with several conservatio...
The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century 1. Globally, at least 25 millio...
Roads greatly influence the footprint of human activity, but they are often constructed with little ...
The 21st century will see an unprecedented expansion of roads, dams, power lines, and gas lines, as ...
[Extract] When thinking of threats to the environment roads are probably not at the top of many peop...
By 2050, the world will see the most explosive era of road expansion in human history, with a 60 per...
[Extract] We are living in the most aggressive era of road building in human history. The Internatio...
The current unprecedented expansion of infrastructure promises to enhance human wellbeing but risks ...
New road construction is projected to add 25 million kilometers of paved roads by 2050 (enough to en...
It is projected that 25 million km of new paved roads will be developed globally by 2050—enough to e...
[Extract] We are living in the most explosive era of infrastructure expansion in human history (1, 2...
Here I evaluate the impacts of roads from a broad environmental standpoint. At the outset, I describ...
Roads, railways and utility easements are integral components of human society, allowing for the saf...
[Extract] Located in the wrong places, roads can open a Pandora's Box of problems, says William F. L...
Roads are proliferating across the planet. Located and designed wisely, they can help rather than ha...
The building of new roads is a recognized agent of landscape transformation with several conservatio...
The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century 1. Globally, at least 25 millio...
Roads greatly influence the footprint of human activity, but they are often constructed with little ...
The 21st century will see an unprecedented expansion of roads, dams, power lines, and gas lines, as ...
[Extract] When thinking of threats to the environment roads are probably not at the top of many peop...
By 2050, the world will see the most explosive era of road expansion in human history, with a 60 per...
[Extract] We are living in the most aggressive era of road building in human history. The Internatio...
The current unprecedented expansion of infrastructure promises to enhance human wellbeing but risks ...
New road construction is projected to add 25 million kilometers of paved roads by 2050 (enough to en...
It is projected that 25 million km of new paved roads will be developed globally by 2050—enough to e...
[Extract] We are living in the most explosive era of infrastructure expansion in human history (1, 2...
Here I evaluate the impacts of roads from a broad environmental standpoint. At the outset, I describ...
Roads, railways and utility easements are integral components of human society, allowing for the saf...
[Extract] Located in the wrong places, roads can open a Pandora's Box of problems, says William F. L...
Roads are proliferating across the planet. Located and designed wisely, they can help rather than ha...
The building of new roads is a recognized agent of landscape transformation with several conservatio...