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High-speed rail networks, economic integration and regional specialisation in China and Europe

Vickerman, Roger W., Loo, Becky P Y, Cheng, Yuk-shing (2015) High-speed rail networks, economic integration and regional specialisation in China and Europe. Travel Behaviour and Society, 2 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2214-367X. (doi:10.1016/j.tbs.2014.07.002) (KAR id:50467)

Abstract

The role of transport in the process of economic development and integration remains an area of controversy.

Policy makers, faced with the claim that the cost of high-speed rail (HSR) makes it an expensive

way of achieving the supposed benefits, seek to identify wider economic impacts through productivity

gains as a justification. This paper explores the development of HSR as an instrument for promoting economic

integration both through enhancing competitiveness and achieving greater economic cohesion in

China and the European Union. The paper examines changes in accessibility and provides evidence on

changes in specialisation for both main cities and their hinterlands. The evidence confirms that impacts

differ widely and that the process of convergence and divergence differs at different stages of economic

development.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.tbs.2014.07.002
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Depositing User: Roger Vickerman
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2015 09:26 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 00:51 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/50467 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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