Economic Boom or Ecologic Doom? : Using Spatial Analysis to Reconcile Road Development with Forest Conservation.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Overview -- Context and Rationale -- Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Development -- Structure of the Report -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 A Snapshot of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Transport System -- Introduction -- The Current State of the Transport Network -- Two Transport Network Improvement Proposals -- Benefits to Road Improvement -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Roads, Forests, and the Biodiversity of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Motivation -- Approach -- Results on Forest Clearing -- Gradients of Biodiversity Impacts -- The Stakes for Vulnerable Areas -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 3A -- Annex 3B -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Economic and Ecological Impact of Prospective Road Investments -- Introduction -- Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project -- Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Summary and Conclusions -- Introduction -- Modeling Transport Cost in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Its Effects in the Economy -- Estimating Deforestation and Biodiversity Impacts of Road Improvements -- Scenario Analysis -- Boxes -- Box 2.1 Geospatial Model -- Box 2.2 The Effect of Transport Costs on Economic Activity -- Box 4.1 Local GDP Simulation -- Box 4.2 Estimating Agricultural Benefits -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 Effect of Road Quality on Forest Clearing Intensity -- Figure 1.1 Environmental Income Dependence by Income Quintile -- Figure 3.1 Effect of Road Quality on Forest Clearing Intensity -- Figure 3A.1 Road Planning Regimes, Road Quality, and Deforestation -- Maps -- Map ES.1 Local GDP in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006 -- Map ES.2 Diagrammatic Map of Transport in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Map ES.3 Transport Cost to the Cheapest Market -- Map ES.4 The Difference in Transportation Costs to Kinshasa between a Unimodal and Multimodal System -- Map ES.5 Composite Species-Ecoregion Index, Congo Basin Countries -- Map ES.6 The Economy and Ecology of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Map ES.7 Estimated Changes to Local GDP and Deforestation from the Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project -- Map ES.8 Major Urban Center Road Network Deforestation Risk Assessment -- Map ES.9 Estimated Changes to Local GDP Due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project -- Map ES.10 Estimated Additional Annual Deforestation Due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project -- Map ES.11 Biodiversity Composite Index Compared with Estimated Additional Deforestation Due to the Project -- Map 1.1 Local GDP in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006 -- Map 2.1 Transport Cost to Cheapest Market -- Map 2.2 Transport Cost to Kinshasa -- Map 2.3 Critical Roads for the Port Network -- Map 2.4 Major Urban Center Road Network -- Map 3.1 Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Change in Percent Clearing along Roads without and with Upgrading -- Map 3.2 Changes in Road Corridor Deforestation with Generalized Upgrading -- Map 3.3 Composite Species-Ecoregion Index, Congo Basin Countries -- Map 3.4 Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-Ecological Vulnerability Map -- Map 3.5 Combined Ecological Risk from Road Network Improvement in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo -- Map 4.1 Change in Transport Costs due to the Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project -- Map 4.2 Increase in Local GDP from the Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project -- Map 4.3 Total Deforestation, 2000-12 -- Map 4.4 Baseline Forest Cover, 2015 -- Map 4.5 Estimated Additional Deforestation from the Major Urban Center Road Network Improvement Project.

Map 4.6 The Economy and Ecology of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Map 4.7 Major Urban Center Road Network, High Ecological Risk Areas -- Map 4.8 Major Urban Center Road Network Deforestation Risk Assessment -- Map 4.9 Virunga National Park Road Improvement Map -- Map 4.10 Actual Production Yields versus Potential Yields for Cassava and Banana -- Map 4.11 Virunga National Park Regional Transport Cost before and after the Intervention -- Map 4.12 Local GDP Change due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project -- Map 4.13 Baseline Forest Cover, 2012, Virunga National Park -- Map 4.14 Additional Annual Deforestation due to the Virunga National Park Road Improvement Project -- Map 4.15 Biodiversity Composite Index Compared with Estimated Additional Deforestation due to the Project -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Road Transport in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Table B2.2.1 Economic Effects of Transport Cost to Local Market -- Table 3.1 Normalized Species Aggregation Weight -- Table 3B.1 Regression Results for the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Table B4.2.1 Impact of Transport Cost Reductions on Crop Production.

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