TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

High-Speed Rail Service and Socio-Economic Transformations in Local Areas, A Review

Accession Number:

01338059

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Many High-Speed Rail (HSR) projects exist in Europe and elsewhere in the world and these projects generate many expectations of stakeholders in local economic areas. But their effects are controversial. There is a gap between academic literature (AL) and non-academic literature (NAL). The aim of the paper is to present a review of both kinds of literature because the effects of HSR are far from being a closed debate in AL. The authors highlight the relative proximity between AL and the stakeholders’ expectations in local economic areas. The authors emphasize however the more general characteristics of the effects mentioned by NAL which appear to be a first explanation of the continuity of this controversy. The authors also show that AL identifies some extremely diverse and often more precise conditions for these effects, which are only partially presented in NAL. The area stakeholders omit the specificities of local areas and the largely contextualized effects and conditions. Another explanation could be that although AL puts the effects into perspective, it does not really question the effects. It supposes that, in specific cases, there will be effects if the conditions are present. The myth according to which automatic effects of High-Speed Rail on local economic development will occur can then continue to exist. But there is a risk to generalize conclusions that are linked to particular cases in terms of the economic situation, the geographical location, the quality of the service, attendance, specific resources and the actors’ strategies, etc.

Supplemental Notes:

The DVD lists the title of this paper as: High-Speed Rail Service and Socio-Economic Transformations in Space: A Review.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-0700

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bazin, Sylvie
Beckerich, Christophe
Delaplace, Marie
Blanquart, Corinne
Vandenbossche, Lidwine

Pagination:

25p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (92) ; Tables (15)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Literature; Transform theory

Subject Areas:

Economics; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-0700

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:32PM