Socioeconomic impact analysis of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway: From a megaregion´s perspective

Author

Chen, Xueming ; Huang, Zhengdong ; Zhang, Ming

Author_Institution

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

17-19 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

High-speed rail (HSR) planning is typically undertaken at a megaregion-scale or beyond, because HSR has its comparative speed advantage within the travel distance between 100 and 500 miles, which coincides with the geographic extent of a typical megaregion. China is no exception. After the opening of the Wuhan-Guangzhou High- Speed Railway (Wuguang PDL), it has generated significant impacts on the socioeconomic developments for those cities along the line, even though its socioeconomic and geographic inequity will persist or even get worse. This study examines the socioeconomic impacts of the Wuguang PDL on Wuhan, Changsha, and Pearl River Delta Megaregions at both city and regional levels.

Keywords

microeconomics; planning; railways; socio-economic effects; Changsha; China; HSR planning; Pearl River Delta Megaregions; Wuguang PDL; Wuhan; Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway; distance 100 mile to 500 mile; geographic inequity; high-speed rail planning; megaregion-scale planning; socioeconomic developments; socioeconomic impact analysis; socioeconomic inequity; Economic indicators; Helium; Rail transportation; Changsha; China; High-Speed Rail; Megaregion; Pearl River Delta; Wuhan;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

China Planning Conference (IACP), 2012 6th International Association for

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4907-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IACP.2012.6342971

Filename

6342971