China's Bullet Trains Mitigate the Cost of Mega City Growth

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 1 January 2013

• Country: China
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Economic Growth
• First published: 1 January 2013
• Authors: Kahn, M.E. and Zheng SiQi

Abstract

This project investigates how the introduction of fast trains that connect cities affects both China바카라 사이트檚 mega cities and the 2nd and 3rd tier cities that now have much easier access to the mega cities. It is suggested that by encouraging the growth in the nearby 2nd and 3rd tier cities, this transport investment creates a 바카라 사이트渟afety valve바카라 사이트� for the mega cities and thus defuses the challenge of mega-city growth 바카라 사이트� substitute for suburbs in the mega-city and reduces congestion and pollution. This is crucial for China바카라 사이트檚 urban policy makers because China faces mega city challenges, and these trains will help Chinese mega cities to better enjoy agglomeration economies without suffering from agglomeration diseconomies

Citation

Zheng SiQi; Kahn, M.E. China바카라 사이트檚 Bullet Trains Mitigate the Cost of Mega City Growth. (2013) 4 pp.

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Published 1 January 2013