Abstract

Recently, the Regional Initiative to Integrate South America has begun promoting a transboundary road that would bisect the forested borderlands and connect the two largest cities in the region, while the state governments seek to promote a direct ecological railroad alternative. Both transportation initiatives promise to alter forests and rivers and transform economies and cultures, but these projects also lack the base geographic information necessary to understand their potential transboundary impacts and benefits.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2012

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2012, Esri. This article first appeared in ArcNews: 34:3 (2012), 33.

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