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- Summarizes and updates information on the impacts of rural road development, both globally and at Nepal’s national level
- Provides an analysis framework to help understand the environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural impacts of expanding rural road networks
- Provides clues and suggestions for further studies of rural road development in different parts of the world
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Roads and Transportation
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Front Matter
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Mobility as a Social and Ecological System
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Front Matter
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Challenges and Impacts of Building Roads in the Himalayas
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Front Matter
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The Way Forward
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Back Matter
About this book
Chapter one offers a global review of road development, and both the positive and negative impacts of rural road implementation. Chapter two defines mobilities within the context of coupled social and ecological systems, specifically in the Nepalese Himalaya. Chapters three through five detail the environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural impacts expanding rural road networks through several case studies. The concluding chapter summarizes the findings of the book, discussing the need for interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration to avoid negative consequences. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, policy makers, and development organizations.
Reviews
“Himalayan Mobilities is a timely book. Co-authored by Robert Beazley and James Lassoie, it explores the construction of Himalayan roads and the profound transformation they continue to trigger throughout rural Nepal. … For anybody working on infrastructure in Asia or in similarly mountainous terrain elsewhere, the book is a very helpful source of information.” (Martin Saxer, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 92 (1), March, 2019)
“This short book gives a concise overview of the development of road networks in the Nepal Himalaya and its environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural implications. It highlights both the economic significance and negative influences that roads can have for mountain communities … . It is not only a welcome addition to the library of scholars committed to mountain research, but it is also appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for planning professionals.” (Udo Schickhoff, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 39 (1), February, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
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Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Robert E. Beazley, James P. Lassoie
About the authors
Dr. James Lassoie is the International Professor of Conservation at the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. He is particularly interested in examining coupled human and natural systems involving the management of parks, protected areas, and otherwise fragile landscapes in developing countries as well as the United States.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Himalayan Mobilities
Book Subtitle: An Exploration of the Impact of Expanding Rural Road Networks on Social and Ecological Systems in the Nepalese Himalaya
Authors: Robert E. Beazley, James P. Lassoie
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55757-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55755-7Published: 30 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55757-1Published: 22 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5547
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 166
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Economic Geography, Ecology, Transportation, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice