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The Karakoram Highway: The Impact of Road Construction on Mountain Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Hermann Kreutzmann
Hermann Kreutzmann
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Centre for Development StudiesGeographical Institute Free University of Berlin
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The opening up of regions in the high mountains for motorized traffic has led world-wide to consequences concerning the penetration of these formerly remote areas.

Not only have running-times and means of transport been reduced through the modern routes, but also radical developments in the mountains have been induced. In this context physio-geographical and socio-political frame conditions are of predominant importance for the installation of functional communication systems. Especially in the high mountain regions of Asia relief, snow-covers in passes, glacial movements, earthquakes, water level fluctuations of rivers at fords and limited possibilities of fuel, fodder and foodstuff supplies all restrict the chances for the development of major trade routes.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 711 - 736
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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