@TechReport{ParryAmarPere:2008:BiMo,
               author = "Parry, Luke and Amaral, Silvana and Peres, Carlos",
                title = "The impact of riverine settlement on the maintenance of amazonian 
                         biodiversity: a bioeconomic model",
          institution = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais",
                 year = "2008",
                 type = "RPQ",
               number = "INPE-15374-RPQ/819",
              address = "S{\~a}o Jos¨¦ dos Campos",
             keywords = "Amazonia, riverine settlement, biodiversity, modelling.",
             abstract = "This report describes the data obtained during fieldwork in the 
                         Brazilian Amazon in 2007. River-dwelling people (Ribeirinhos) 
                         exert major environmental impacts in the Brazilian Amazon through 
                         agricultural and extractive activities. Despite the conservation 
                         significance of rural-to-urban migration, little is known about 
                         the parameters influencing patterns of river settlement. We 
                         explored riverine settlement patterns in 8 sub-regions of Amazonas 
                         state, Brazil. We used observation and interviews to investigate 
                         rural-urban gradients from the local urban centre to the last 
                         household on a proximate sub-tributary (ˇ{\"U} 750 km). Based on 
                         184 river settlements we examined relationships between fluvial 
                         distance from urban centre and social, economic and environmental 
                         factors. Settlement density rapidly decreased with distance 
                         upriver. Local human population density appears to be negatively 
                         related to the relative abundance of hunted wildlife. Riberinhos 
                         paid higher costs for essential goods and received lower prices 
                         for produce further from towns. Transport opportunities were 
                         scarcer and more expensive. The availability of healthcare, 
                         education and electricity was also negatively associated with 
                         distance from urban centre. However, land availability was higher 
                         further from towns, and encounter distances to game animals were 
                         lower. This dataset will be used to construct simulation models in 
                         order to understand the likely environmental consequences of 
                         future patterns of riverine settlement in Amazonia.",
          affiliation = "{University of East Anglia} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and {University of East Anglia}",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
             language = "en",
                pages = "13",
                  ibi = "8JMKD3MGP8W/33TNDUL",
                  url = "http://urlib.net/ibi/8JMKD3MGP8W/33TNDUL",
           targetfile = "publicacao.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "03 maio 2024"
}