A methodological proposal for the analysis of disused railway lines as territorial structuring elements: The case study of the Vasco-Navarro railway

Eizaguirre-Iribar, Arritokieta; Grijalba, Olatz

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104406

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“…Accordingly, the method is presented as a decision-support instrument that facilitates agreement on what to do with former railway heritage nodes and their areas as part of a territorial active transport axis. Going forward, as part of a comprehensive analysis of disused railways as territorial structuring elements [11], the method can support the definition of territorial strategies by considering non-motorized accessibility along the territorial active transport, where former railway areas can act as connected poles. 1 Types of urban areas: 1-city; 2-town; 3-rural town; 4-rural area [1].…”

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“…The proposed methodology is structured in several phases, which were briefly presented by Eizaguirre-Iribar and Grijalba [11] as part of a comprehensive analysis of disused railways as territorial structuring elements. Going further, this section focuses on the definition and development of the method and the specific results obtained.…”

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“…In this context, disused railway lines and their stations could have an important role in the mentioned balance in order to achieve more sustainable development. At the same time, the linear infrastructure could be part of the current transport network, creating a secondary non-motorized network that can structure the territory at a local or territorial level but is out of reach of large infrastructures of a regional or global nature [11]. On the other hand, each former railway station or area could be part of the new network and an activity destination itself [36].…”

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“…In this context, it is important to analyze a disused railway as a complex territorial system and not as a simple linear structure. Both component elements and relations created within the territory should be studied [11], with the potential of nodes in their surrounding environment as one of the main issues to consider in order to define the future approach for disused railway lines.…”

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An Integrated Approach to Transportation and Land-Use Planning for the Analysis of Former Railway Nodes in Sustainable Transport Development: The Case of the Vasco-Navarro Railway

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The disappearance of kilometers of railways that once structured their surrounding territory has become an alarming issue in the last decades. These days, several disused railway infrastructures have been converted into non-motorized transport infrastructures. Meanwhile, most of the railway nodes have been abandoned or reused without consideration of the linear infrastructure. This paper argues that former railway nodes can have potential in their surrounding environment and as part of a non-motorized transport axis, i.e., to again be nodes of the former linear infrastructure. Accordingly, the objective of the paper is to analyze the potential of disused railway nodes, focusing on the possibilities they could offer in the area, and defining future approaches for more sustainable development. For that purpose, relations between former railway nodes and their surrounding environment are studied considering transport and land use in the non-motorized influence areas. Existing node/place models were adapted and a multiaxial model was created to measure the balance between transport and land use and typify the defined area. The proposed methodology was applied in a case study, classifying node areas in different development typologies that will be related to different future approaches.

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“…This is so despite the fact that rail trails are currently being converted into infrastructures that interconnect the territory and influence its potential for development (Serra, 2016). They constitute an important resource for tourism (Reis and Jellum, 2012;Reis et al,2014) and should be understood as complex systems of relationships created within the territory, which require thorough examination (Eizaguirre-Iribar and Grijalba, 2020).…”

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Cycle Tourism in Rural Areas: Promoting a Rail Trail Network in Andalusia, Spain

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Las vías verdes son itinerarios no motorizados resultado de adaptar líneas ferroviarias en desuso al cicloturismo y otras actividades de ocio. El artículo resalta las potencialidades y deficiencias de estas rutas en Andalucía. Con información procedente de sus órganos de gestión, se realiza el diagnóstico con una matriz DAFO como base para abordar la planificación mediante objetivos. Se proponen acciones para resolver los problemas detectados y crear una red de vías verdes eficiente para Andalucía, gestionada de manera coordinada y comparable internacionalmente con respecto a su uso público. Rail trails are non-motorised routes resulting from the conversion of disused railway lines, geared towards cycle tourism and other leisure activities. This paper seeks to highlight the potentialities and shortcomings of rail trails in Andalusia. A diagnosis is made through a SWOT matrix, with information from the management bodies and a coherent planning is applied. The results enable proposals intended to remedy the shortcomings detected and create an effective rail trail network in Andalusia, managed in a coordinated fashion and internationally comparable with regard to public usage.

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Dynamic Visual Landscape Assessment of Disused Railway in Complex Terrain: A Study of Jingmen Railway

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Against the backdrop of the partially idle resources of conventional railways and the continuous growth of suburban leisure tourism demand, it is required to develop railway tourism by utilizing the disused resources of conventional railways in China. Therefore, restoring, analyzing, and evaluating the visual landscapes seen when travelling on conventional trains are extremely important. The innovation of this study is proposing a dynamic visual landscape interface for disused railways, which establishes a connection between the "seeing" and "perceiving" for passengers and describes the visual landscape they observe. By analyzing dynamic visual factors of passengers and combining DEM data, the temporal-spatial relationship of the visual landscapes along the railway is described as a dynamic visual landscape interface model. Based on this, the study proposes criteria and indicators for analyzing and evaluating the dynamic visual landscapes of railways, using typical landscapes along the Jingmen Railway as an example for evaluation and validation. The research results provide analytical and decision-making tools for repurposing disused railways as tourist railways.

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A methodological proposal for the analysis of disused railway lines as territorial structuring elements: The case study of the Vasco-Navarro railway

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

An Integrated Approach to Transportation and Land-Use Planning for the Analysis of Former Railway Nodes in Sustainable Transport Development: The Case of the Vasco-Navarro Railway

An Integrated Approach to Transportation and Land-Use Planning for the Analysis of Former Railway Nodes in Sustainable Transport Development: The Case of the Vasco-Navarro Railway

Cycle Tourism in Rural Areas: Promoting a Rail Trail Network in Andalusia, Spain

Dynamic Visual Landscape Assessment of Disused Railway in Complex Terrain: A Study of Jingmen Railway

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