The Transamazon at 40: A Generation Comes of Age

【摘要】walker， Robert T.，密歇根州立大学美国-巴西规划访问：40岁的亚马逊河流域——一代人的年龄。这次对里约热内卢联邦大学（UFRJ）的计划访问预计将导致一个研讨会的提议，以评估建设亚马逊河流域高速公路的财政和环境成本和效益。一个奖项将允许博士。密歇根州立大学（MSU）的Robert T. Walker和Cynthia S. Simmons会见了里约热内卢联邦大学（UFRJ）的Scott Hoefle博士。讲习班将召集跨亚马逊公路及其周边地区的专家，审议目前关于该公路的社会和环境影响的知识状况。规划访问除其他事项外，还考虑了车间后勤和主题，包括建筑成本、维护成本、对土著人民的影响、环境影响、新兴农业经济和矿物生产。计划中的访问建立在参与者之间最近和初步合作的基础上。这次研讨会是美国和巴西科学家为期三年的合作的第一个正式阶段。巴西团队由UFRJ的地理学教授组成，他们也向法国的选定研究人员发出了邀请。研讨会组织者计划邀请各种学术经验的人，从知名教授到助理教授，再到从密歇根州立大学和UFRJ招募的具有社会和环境科学专业知识的研究生。年轻的研究人员将被期望提出并开发一份手稿，以便在小组内流通并最终出版。该研讨会将扩大关于目前对跨亚马逊公路的理解的交流，并将提供一个机会在环境和社会科学家、美国和巴西公民以及年轻和有经验的研究人员之间发展新的合作。

Abstract1029119Walker, Robert T., Michigan State University US-Brazil Planning Visit: The Transamazon at 40 - A Generation Comes of AgeThis planning visit to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) is expected to result in a proposal for a workshop to assess the fiscal and environmental costs and benefits of constructing the Transamazon Highway. An award will allow Drs. Robert T. Walker and Cynthia S. Simmons, Michigan State University (MSU), to meet with Dr. Scott Hoefle, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The workshop will assemble experts on the Transamazon Highway and its surroundings to consider the current state of knowledge of the social and environmental impacts of the highway. The planning visit considers among other things workshop logistics and themes, which include construction costs, maintenance costs, impacts on indigenous peoples, environmental impacts, the emergent agricultural economy, and mineral production.The planning visit builds on recent and preliminary collaborations among participants. The workshop is meant to be the first formal phase of a three-year collaboration between US and Brazilian researchers. The Brazilian team consists of Geography faculty at UFRJ, who have also extended invitations to select researchers in France. Workshop organizers plan to invite people across the spectrum of academic experience, from established professors to assistant professors to graduate students recruited from both MSU and UFRJ with expertise in both social and environmental sciences. Young researchers will be expected to present and develop a manuscript for circulation within the group and for ultimate publication. The workshop will expand communication about current understanding of the Transamazon Highway and will provide an opportunity to develop new collaborations between environmental and social scientists, between US and Brazilian citizens, and between young and experienced researchers.