The recently opened Karakorum Highway (KKH) has forged a new geopolitical link between China and Pakistan. Multiplier effects of the highway have transformed the indigenous mountain society and habitat by introducing tourism and cash cropping. Enhanced accessibility created by the road has reoriented mountain land use away from the traditional altitudinal zonation model to a strassendorf model of clusters of intensity along the KKH itself.
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