The Transamazon at 40: A Generation Comes of Age

1029119沃克，罗伯特·T，密歇根州立大学美国-巴西规划访问：40岁的Transamazon-A世代对里约热内卢联邦大学(UFRJ)的规划访问预计将导致一项研讨会的提案，以评估建设Transamazon高速公路的财政和环境成本和收益。密歇根州立大学(MSU)的罗伯特·T·沃克博士和辛西娅·S·西蒙斯博士将与里约热内卢联邦大学(UFRJ)的斯科特·霍夫勒博士会面。研讨会将召集横贯马赞公路及其周围地区的专家，研究该公路的社会和环境影响的知识现状。除其他事项外，规划访问还考虑研讨会的后勤和主题，包括建筑成本、维护成本、对土著人民的影响、环境影响、新兴农业经济和矿产生产。规划访问建立在与会者最近和初步合作的基础上。这次研讨会是美国和巴西研究人员之间为期三年的合作的第一个正式阶段。巴西队由UFRJ的地理学教员组成，他们也向法国的一些研究人员发出了邀请。研讨会组织者计划邀请不同学术经验的人，从老牌教授到助理教授，再到从密歇根州立大学和UFRJ招募的具有社会科学和环境科学专业知识的研究生。预计年轻的研究人员将提交和开发一份手稿，供该小组内部传播和最终出版。研讨会将扩大对Transamazon高速公路当前理解的交流，并将提供一个机会，在环境和社会科学家之间、美国和巴西公民之间以及年轻和有经验的研究人员之间开展新的合作。

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.