The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative

Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road

EPUB and EPDF available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), commonly called the New Silk Road, is a huge infrastructure project currently revitalising or creating new trading routes and large developments across the globe. It is estimated to cost up to US$8 trillion and impact more than 65% of the world’s population.

This book explores the unequal ways this controversial project is altering livelihoods, places and the environment. From road building projects in Nairobi to grassroots environmental activism in Thailand, researchers from the Global North and South analyse the real-world impacts of this unprecedented project, bringing together critical geography and political ecology approaches.

Contributor: Ratchada Arpornsilp (Contributions by), Orlando Woods (Contributions by), Caixia Mao (Contributions by), Patrick Bond (Contributions by), Simone Veglio (Contributions by), Evelina Gambino (Contributions by), Xiaofeng Liu (Contributions by), Hannes Langguth (Contributions by), Ksenija Hanacek (Contributions by), Bowen Gu (Contributions by), Alberto Valz Gris (Contributions by), Kanchana Ruwanpura (Contributions by), Loritta Chan (Contributions by), Barnabas Mah (Contributions by), Francesca Governa (Contributions by), Leonardo Ramondetti (Contributions by), Astrid Safina (Contributions by), Angelo Sampieri (Contributions by), Elia Apostolopoulou (Edited by), Han Cheng (Edited by), Jonathan Silver (Edited by), Alan Wiig (Edited by)

UK Delivery:

• Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
• £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
• UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

International Delivery:

• Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

Dispatch and Delivery Times:

• All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
• UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

View our full delivery infomation here.