TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salazar Moreira,Eduardo
AU  - Palomino-Schalscha,Marcela
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Road Expansion in the Peruvian Amazon: The 'Enchantments' of the Manu Road 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies,
SN  - 9783030471828
AV  - GN301-674 
U1  - 305.8 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Ethnography
KW  - Cultural geography
KW  - Environmental geography
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Community ecology, Biotic
KW  - Cultural Geography
KW  - Environmental Geography
KW  - Development Studies
KW  - Community & Population Ecology
N1  - Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Manu Area of the Peruvian Amazon: Ethnographic Explorations -- Chapter 2. Uncovering Enchantments -- Chapter 3. The Enchantments of Speed and Political Integration -- Chapter 4. The Enchantment of Economic Connectivity -- Chapter 5. Territoriality and Power -- Chapter 6. Conclusion
N2  - This book provides in-depth insights into the construction of the first road to reach riparian communities and the main access point to a national park in the Amazonian rain forest. It is based on an ethnographic investigation in Peru's Manu Province in the Amazon, which explored diverse local attitudes towards the construction of a road in the overlapping buffer zone of two protected areas: the Manu National Park and the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve. The book reveals the applicability of Harvey and Knox's concept of 'enchantments of infrastructure' in the case of first roads, but also makes accessible wider debates in political ecology such as territoriality and frontier development. The promise of first roads sparks feelings of aspiration and anticipation of the advent of development through speedy travel, economic connectivity and political integration. Yet these developments seldom take shape as expected. The author explores the perspectives, social dynamics and political maneuvers that influence first road building processes in the Amazon, which have applicability to experiences and strategies of road development elsewhere
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47182-8
ER  -