Spatiotemporal evolution of China's railway network in the 20th century: An accessibility approach

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	Spatiotemporal evolution of China's railway network in the 20th century: An accessibility approach
	Jin Fengjun
	2009
关键词	Economics Size distribution
英文摘要	The interrelatedness of transportation development and economic growth has been a constant theme of geographic inquiries, particularly in economic and transportation geography. This paper analyzes the expansion of China's railway network, the evolution of its spatial accessibility, and the impacts on economic growth and urban systems over a time span of about one century (1906-2000). First, major historical events and policies and their effects on railway development in China are reviewed and grouped into four major eras: preliminary construction, network skeleton, corridor building, and deep intensification. All four eras followed a path of "inland expansion." Second, spatial distribution of accessibility and its evolution are analyzed. The spatial structure of China's railway network is characterized by "concentric rings" with its major axis in North China and the most accessible city gradually migrating from Tianjin to Zhengzhou. Finally, the study indicates that railway network expansion has significantly improved economic development and heavily influenced the formation of urban systems in China. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
出处	Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
卷	43 期:8 页:765-778
收录类别	EI
语种	英语
内容类型	EI期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/24556]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_区域可持续发展分析与模拟重点实验室_城市地理与城市发展研究室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jin Fengjun. Spatiotemporal evolution of China's railway network in the 20th century: An accessibility approach. 2009.