Delpino Marimón, P., Humphreys Bebbington, D., Bebbington, A.J. et al. (11 more authors) (2021) ‘Tradescapes’ in the forest : framing infrastructure’s relation to territory, commodities, and flows. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 53. pp. 29-36. ISSN 1877-3435
Abstract
Pressure to facilitate the flow of commodities and capital across global and national markets has translated into narratives and programs prioritizing integration and development of forested regions. The 2009 World Bank Development Report argues that to reduce distance, infrastructure development is crucial. The infrastructure imperative, however, reworks a broader array of investment flows, property regimes, forest cover, and socio-political rights across scales as it drives increases in the speed of commodity extraction, production, mobility, and consumption. With illustrations from Amazonia and Selva Maya, the paper proposes ‘tradescapes’ as a useful framework to analyze infrastructure projects as part of multi-scalar mega-corridor networks and financial flows. Tradescapes transform relations between society, territory, and environment, with implications for infrastructure governance, resilience, and sustainability.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier B.V. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2022 09:37 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2022 09:37 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cosust.2021.10.004 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187926 |