The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure

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dc.creatorAsher, Sam
dc.creatorGarg, Teevrat
dc.creatorNovosad, Paul
dc.date2018-07-13T20:35:32Z
dc.date2018-07-13T20:35:32Z
dc.date2018-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:41:07Z
dc.descriptionThere is a long-standing debate over whether new roads unavoidably lead to environmental damage, especially forest loss, but causal identification has been elusive. Using multiple causal identification strategies, this paper studies the construction of new rural roads to over 100,000 villages and the upgrading of 10,000 kilometers of national highways in India. The new rural roads had precise zero effects on local deforestation. In contrast, the highway upgrades caused substantial forest loss, which appears to be driven by increased timber demand along the transportation corridors. In terms of forests, last mile connectivity had a negligible environmental cost, while expansion of major corridors had important environmental impacts.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955441531155281083/The-ecological-impact-of-transportation-infrastructure
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29980
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-8507
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409103
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8507
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectROAD CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.titleThe Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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