Abstract: Spatial data underlying the figures in Balmford et al. "Getting road expansion on the right track: a framework for smart infrastructure planning in the Mekong", for use in a Geographic Information System All raster and shapefile data have been derived from other datasets, and show metrics of environmental cost and food production benefit in the Mekong Basin, as defined by the Asian Development Bank as Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Yunnan Province in China. Full details are given in the figure captions and text of the associ...
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Environmental planning
Environmental resource management