Latin America and Caribbean - Southern Cone Inland Waterways Transportation Study The Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovía : Its Role in the Regional Economy and Impact on Climate Change

The Paraguay-Parana rivers waterway system (referred to in the text as the Hidrovia, or HPP) is potentially the greatest axis for freight movement in the sub-region and a possible integration mechanism for the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) coun...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AIM BARGES BASINS BIRDS BREAKWATERS BRIDGES BULK CARGO BULK CARRIERS CABOTAGE CARGO CARRIERS CHANNELIZATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAST COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES COMMODITIES COMMODITY CONCESSIONS CONCRETE CONGESTION CONSTRUCTION CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUMULATIVE IMPACTS CUSTOMS DAMS DEADWEIGHT DEMAND PATTERNS DEMOLITION DIESEL DIKES DISCHARGE DREDGED MATERIAL DREDGING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY EMBANKMENT EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXCAVATION FEDERAL AGENCIES FILL MATERIAL FLEETS FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODS FOREST FOREST FIRES FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FREIGHT ACTIVITY FREIGHT FLOWS FREIGHT MOVEMENT FREIGHT RATES FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT FREIGHTERS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL OIL FUELS GPS GREENHOUSE GAS GROUNDWATER HABITAT FRAGMENTATION HEADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INLAND WATERWAY INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT INLAND WATERWAYS INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INVENTORY JETTIES LAKES LAND USE LIABILITY LOADING LOCAL TRAFFIC LOGISTICS COSTS MANUFACTURING MARITIME TRAFFIC MINING OPERATIONS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MITIGATION MODAL SHIFT MODE OF TRANSPORT NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY NAVIGATION NAVIGATION CHANNELS NAVIGATIONAL AIDS OILS ORDERING PASSENGER PASSENGERS PIERS PLAINS PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORTS PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY CONTROL RAIL RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGIONAL TRANSPORT RESTORATION RESTORATION PROJECTS RIVER ROAD ROAD CONNECTIONS ROAD HAULAGE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROADWAY ROADWAYS ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SAFETY INSPECTIONS SAND SHALLOW WATER SHARING SHIP OWNERS SHIPBUILDING SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPS SPEED STEEL STREAM STRUCTURES SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SURFACE WATERS TOLL TOLLS TONNAGE TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADING PATTERNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC GENERATION TRANSFER FACILITIES TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT NETWORKS TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT RATES TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION STUDY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSSHIPMENT TRUCKS VEHICLE VESSELS WETLANDS
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