Quantifying the Economic and Social Impacts of High-Speed Rail: Some Evidence from Europe and China

Event: Conference on Spillover Effects of High-Speed Rail and Quality of Life

Quantifying the Economic and Social Impacts of High-Speed Rail: Some Evidence from Europe and China

15 November 2018
Author / Speaker: 
Roger Vickerman, University of Kent - Email the author | Other materials by the author

In recent years, there has been an increasing move toward appraising the impacts of transport investments beyond the direct user benefits and costs. This presentation reviews the arguments in favor of measuring such impacts, the progress made in implementing such impacts in the appraisal, and the limitations of such an approach. It also shares disaggregate approaches that analyze the way new transport infrastructure, particularly high-speed rail, may lead to the restructuring and rebalancing of local and regional economies.

Geographical Focus: 
China, People's Republic of
Regional - Europe
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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