Trading off public values in High-Speed Rail development in China

Mu, Rui; Jong, Martin de; Ma, Yongfeng; Bao, Xianwen

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.010

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“…The market share of railways dropped dramatically from 27 per cent in 1980 to a mere 6 per cent in 2007 (Mu et al . ). This was one of the reasons for the MoR to develop high‐speed rail in the early 1990s.…”

Section: High‐speed Rail In a Developing Countrymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…; Mu et al . ). Besides this general goal, one of the aims of HSR construction is to release the existing conventional rail capacity effectively for freight (Chen ).…”

Section: High‐speed Rail In a Developing Countrymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Research conducted at the University of Wisconsin shows that 100–120 extra employment opportunities are created by the construction and operation of 1 km HSR line in China (Mu et al . ). Nowadays, transport construction work is undertaken by more than 16 million peasant workers or 20 per cent of the peasants engaged in non‐farm work outside their own province.…”

Section: The Wuhan‐guangzhou Hsr Line Hengyang Station and Qiya Villagementioning

confidence: 97%

“…Speed improvement has reduced the time between Wuhan and Guangzhou from 11 to 4 hours (however, after the collision on the Ningbo‐Taizhou‐Wenzhou line in 2011, the MoR implemented a railway deceleration policy (Mu et al . ) and the operating speed was reduced to 250 km/h). The total traffic volume of Wu‐Guang line has increased from 20 million passengers in 2010 to 34 in 2012 (Cheng et al .…”

Section: The Wuhan‐guangzhou Hsr Line Hengyang Station and Qiya Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

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High‐Speed Rail and Rural Livelihood: The Wuhan‐Guangzhou Line and Qiya Village

Liu

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2015

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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China has started to develop the world's largest high-speed rail network in the twenty-first century with the general aims of developing the economy and increasing environmental sustainability. Meanwhile economic reforms have created massive movements of rural workers towards urban labour markets. The co-existence of these movements with a HSR network raises the question about the impacts of the HSR on rural migrants and the livelihoods in their villages. This paper seeks to analyse these impacts from a livelihood perspective. Two main roles of transport are analysed: transport as delivering access to new economic opportunities and transport as an industry providing employment. Statistical data and fieldwork evidence in Qiya, a small village in Hunan province, show that the opening of the Wuhan-Guangzhou HSR line decreased their access to places of employment both in terms of cost and time, but the HSR construction created employment opportunities for the villagers.

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Section: High‐speed Rail In a Developing Countrymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…; Mu et al . ). Besides this general goal, one of the aims of HSR construction is to release the existing conventional rail capacity effectively for freight (Chen ).…”

Section: High‐speed Rail In a Developing Countrymentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: The Wuhan‐guangzhou Hsr Line Hengyang Station and Qiya Villagementioning

confidence: 97%

Section: The Wuhan‐guangzhou Hsr Line Hengyang Station and Qiya Villagementioning

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High‐Speed Rail and Rural Livelihood: The Wuhan‐Guangzhou Line and Qiya Village

Liu

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2015

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“…"HSR hot" (gao tie re) has expanded throughout the whole country and there are high expectations for the effectiveness of HSR. For the central government, HSR is an important economic driver [4]. Local governments expect HSRs to change the regional economic status of cities, and the construction of the new towns linked to the HSR network will produce an enormous amount of revenue from the special land finance system (tu di cai zheng) [5].…”

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The Impact of High-Speed Rail on Residents’ Travel Behavior and Household Mobility: A Case Study of the Beijing-Shanghai Line, China

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Abstract:With the improvement of China's high-speed rail network, there have been many economic and social benefits for local residents. Based on a questionnaire conducted in stations on the Beijing-Shanghai line, and through an analysis of high-speed rail passenger travel behavior and family relocation, we explored the social effects of high-speed rail. The study found that high-speed rail passengers are mainly young, highly educated, and have a middle to high income. However, with the popularization of high-speed rail, such differences in the social stratum of high-speed rail passengers are expected to disappear. Through an analysis of passenger travel status, we found that the areas surrounding high-speed rail stations are very accessible to the main cities, and are well connected by other public transport. With the emergence of the "high mobility era" based on the high-speed rail network, the separation of workplace and residence and the number of "double city" households are increasing, primarily in the Beijing-Tianjin and Shanghai-Nanjing (especially in Suzhou-Kunshan-Shanghai) regions. In addition, high-speed rail introduces the possibility of household mobility, with 22.7% of the respondents in this study having relocated since the Beijing-Shanghai line opened. Household mobility is apparent primarily among big cities, with movement toward nearby cities. We also found that occupation, income, residence time, and schooling of children have a significant impact on households. With the improvement of high-speed rail networks, household mobility will become a common phenomenon and research on domestic mobility will continue to increase.

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