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Railway development: impacts on urban dynamics

By Piet Rietveld , Hugo Priemus , Frank Bruinsma , Eric Pels , Bert van Wee (auth.) , Dr. Frank Bruinsma , Dr. Eric Pels , Prof. Dr. Piet Rietveld , Prof. Dr. Hugo Priemus , Prof. Dr. Bert van Wee (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
3790819719, 9783790819717
DOI
10.1007/978-3-7908-1972-4
Open Library ID
OL16698101M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4990266 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
419\427
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Regional Science

Description

This book addresses the role of railways in urban development. The central aim is to inquire into how especially the development of high-speed rail and light rail links will affect European cities. The analyses are carried out with special attention given to the broader institutional environment of the railway system, including the shift toward privatised railway companies, internationalisation, the occurrence of market and government failures in land markets, and private-public partnerships in the development of railway station areas. The essence of the plans to invest in railway stations is that railway stations are not considered merely as nodes where people transfer from one vehicle to another, but also as places where spatial concentrations of high value activity are recognised as having a positive impact on cities. The development of real estate near stations is increasingly seen as a negotiation process in which both public and private actors play certain roles to revitalise central urban areas.

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