RT Report
T1 Mapping Environmental Risks and Socio-Economic Benefits of Planned Transport Infrastructure: A Global Picture
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Adshead, Daniel
A2 Alamgir, Mohammed
A2 Arnell, Andy
A2 Autret, Yannick
A2 Bartlett, Ryan
A2 Beck, Maximilian
A2 Burgess, Neil D.
A2 Choi, Pak Yin
A2 Corwin, Emily
A2 Critchley, Megan
A2 Danks, Fiona
A2 Fajardo, Javier
A2 Gamper, Catherine
A2 Gosling, Joe
A2 Harrison, Michelle
A2 Herrick, Douglas
A2 Hughes, Alice
A2 Hussain, Salman
A2 Jayasinghe, Nilanga
A2 Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
A2 Cannanure, Vignesh Kamath
A2 King, Stephen
A2 Kleinschroth, Fritz
A2 Kolhoff, Arend
A2 Kojnange, Carly
A2 Laurence, Bill
A2 Lewis, Vaughn
A2 Marchal, Virginie
A2 MacCormack, Dominic
A2 Nakai, Shunsuke
A2 Palmer, Rowan
A2 Perry, Edward
A2 Pineda, Jose
A2 Casado, Ana Plana
A2 Price, Joseph
A2 Pritchard, John
A2 Rawdon, Jack
A2 Sharma, Himanshu
A2 Sloan, Sean
A2 van Soesbergen, Arnout
A2 Stratton-Short, Samantha
A2 Thorn, Jessica
A2 Vause, James
A2 Vilela, Thaís
A2 Vukelic, Matea
A2 Qing, Chen
A2 Zhang, Ying
K1 transport infrastructure
K1 environmental risk
K1 road
K1 railway
K1 economic aspect
K1 employment
K1 ecosystem service
K1 biodiversity
K1 database
SN 978-92-807-3993-0
YR 2022
FD 2022-12
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41376
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41376
NO Improving road and rail networks can have social and economic benefits but also significant environmental consequences on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Weighing the ecological consequences of building and operating transport infrastructure in specific locations against the social and economic benefits that would result is essential for making sound decisions. This study aimed to produce a foundational, globally consistent assessment of the risks and benefits to people and the nature of currently planned, large-scale road and rail transport infrastructure projects. Ultimately this can help to improve regional, national, and global decision making. The study also included the development of a novel global database of planned roads and railways. Detailed results of the analysis can be explored using the Global Infrastructure Impact Viewer (GIIV), a web-based tool that was created for this project.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026