Title :
The impact of elevated transit on urban spatial morphology
Author :
Li, Jun ; Li, Yuanyuan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Urban Design, Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
The emergence of elevated transit increases the city´s operational efficiency; but it also leads to the city´s landscape changes at the same time. This paper defines the elevated transit and urban spatial morphology first, and then analyzes the impact of elevated transit on urban spatial morphology in Wuhan city, and proposes some optimization measures based.
Keywords :
railway industry; town and country planning; Wuhan city; city landscape changes; elevated transit; urban spatial morphology; Cities and towns; History; Investments; Light rail systems; Logic; Morphology; Rail transportation; Roads; Space technology; Urban planning; Wuhan city; elevated transit; impact; urban spatial morphology;
Conference_Titel :
Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7737-1
DOI :
10.1109/MACE.2010.5536139
