1st Edition
Territorial Implications of High Speed Rail A Spanish Perspective
Edited By José M. de Ureña
Copyright 2012
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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High Speed Rail's (HSR) main objective is to attract air passengers between big metropolitan areas however the main territorial implications in many cases occur not in these metropolitan areas but in the intermediate cities. These implications open up new spatial planning possibilities such as decentralization, new regional centres and urban renewal projects. This book presents the experience of... Read more
Contents: Foreword, Gabriel Dupuy; Preface, José M. de Ureña; High-speed rail and its evolution in Spain, José M. de Ureña ; High-speed rail - the European experience, Roger Vickerman; Territory and high-speed rail: a conceptual framework, Severino Escolano; Demographic and socio-economic context of spatial development in Spain, Pedro Reques, Olga de Cos and Mariá Marañón; Accessibility evaluation of the transportation network in Spain during the first decade of the 21st century, Ãngel Pueyo, Jorge A. Jover and MarÃa Zúñiga; Mobility characteristics of medium-distance high-speed rail services, José M. Menéndez, Ana Rivas and Inmaculada Gallego; Territorial implications at national and regional scales of high-speed rail, José M. de Ureña, José M. Coronado, Maddi Garmendia and Vicente Romero; The high-speed rail in Spanish cities: urban integration and local strategies for socio-economic development, Carmen Bellet, Pilar Alonso and Aaron Gutiérrez; High-speed rail and regional accessibility, Ãngela de Meer, Cecilia Ribalaygua and Elena MartÃn; Economic assessment of high-speed rail in Spain, Vicente Inglada, Pablo Coto-Millán, José Villaverde and Pedro Casares; Afterthoughts: high-speed rail planning issues and perspectives, José M. de Ureña; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
José M. de Ureña, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain
