The implications of high-speed rail for Chinese cities: Connectivity and accessibility
Based on China’s latest national railway network planning proposal, the connectivity and accessibility indices of China’s high-speed railway network (CHSRN) in different time periods are computed to evaluate the implications of high-speed rail (HSR) for Chinese cities. An overall index for measuring the connectivity-accessibility of cities on the HSR network is proposed based on three indicators: (a) the Beta index, to reflect the connectivity of the HSR, (b) the number of reachable counties by HSR within the 500-km domain of a city, to reflect the location-based accessibility of the HSR, and (c) the population of the reachable places by HSR within the 500-km domain of a city, to reflect the potential-based accessibility of the HSR. Finally, the differences in the normalized connectivity-accessibility levels of different categories of cities are qualified to measure the impact of China’s future national HSR network on the potential development of cities. It is found that “Mid-to-Long-Term Railway Network Plan (Revised in 2016)”, if fully realized, would profoundly change the HSR connectivity/accessibility of different cities. Most notably, cities in the Yangtze River Delta would suffer the most whereas cities of the central and western regions would gain the most. This could potentially contribute to, or bring about new changes in, the socioeconomic landscapes in China. The methodological contribution of this paper is twofold. Firstly, an overall index to evaluate the comprehensive connectivity and accessibility levels of the HSR network is designed. Secondly, this paper investigates how to qualify the impact of the future HSR network on different tiers of cities in different time periods according to the change of the overall connectivity/accessibility index.
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- © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- (Ato) Xu, Wangtu
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0000-0002-0790-821X
- Zhou, Jiangping
- Yang, Linchuan
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0000-0001-6070-9044
- Li, Ling
- Publication Date: 2018-10
Language
- English
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- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 308-326
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
- Volume: 116
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0965-8564
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Cities; Connectivity; High speed rail; Socioeconomic factors
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;
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- Accession Number: 01675660
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 23 2018 9:18AM