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Nov 12, 2013
High-Speed Railways' Guiding Role in Urban Development
Publication: ICTE 2013: Safety, Speediness, Intelligence, Low-Carbon, Innovation
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High-speed railway has not only brought a new vitality to the declining railway industry, but it has also created a new growth momentum for regional economic development. With the planning of medium and long-term national railway networks, construction and operation of "four vertical and four horizontal" high-speed railways and acceleration of new urbanization process, high-speed railways will play a guiding role on the promotion of urban development. High-speed railways' guiding role for the cities along the railways will be embodied in the following aspects: enhancing urban level and scale, optimizing urban spatial structure, perfecting urban functional structure, and promoting the development of urban agglomeration.
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Published online: Nov 12, 2013
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School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, National united engineering laboratory of integrated and transportation, Chengdu, 610031, China. E-mail: [email protected]
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