The Yangtze River Transportation-Economic Belt
Publication: Transportation and Development Innovative Best Practices 2008
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The Yangtze River, at 6300 km long, is the longest river in China and a key transportation corridor in China's booming economy. The implementation of the National Freeway Planning and National Long-term Railway Planning programs will create a comprehensive transportation corridor along the river, consisting of railway, roads, waterway, aviation and pipeline infrastructure. The development of this transportation infrastructure will be the impetus for continued development within the Yangtze River economic region, further fuelling growth in the Chinese economy. This paper applies the concept of the "transportation-economic belt"; i.e. — that construction of a comprehensive transportation corridor creates the impetus for formation of a "belt", or linear region, of high-growth economic activity around the corridor. Using the comparison of one of the world's first comprehensive transportation corridors — the Rhine River — the inherent relationship between industrial development and transportation is examined. Using this historical perspective and the transportation-economic belt concept, the paper suggests mitigation measures that could be adopted to manage growth, and to address the possible negative effects of rapid growth and industrialization.
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© 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Buildings
- Business management
- Economic factors
- High-rise buildings
- Highway and road management
- Highway transportation
- Highways and roads
- Industries
- Infrastructure
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Rail transportation
- River engineering
- Rivers and streams
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Transportation corridors
- Transportation engineering
- Transportation management
- Water and water resources
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