Enhancing Linkages in City Regions: High-Speed Rail and Station Area Development

Countries in Europe and East Asia are expanding their high-speed rail (HSR) networks. Station areas served by HSR are emerging as new hubs of economic and cultural activities, thereby affecting the network of service sector industries in the HSR corridor. Over time HSR cities gain functional specialization, creating a polycentric regional form. The authors show that cities located on a proposed HSR corridor have a varied functional structure and established branch network of firms.

Shreyas Bharule

Shreyas is passionate about Station Area Development, Urban Infrastructure Design, Urban Analytics, and Urban and Regional Development. With industry experience as a researcher, he has focused on 'Governance for Land-use Transport Integration and Transit System Planning' such as TOD & TOD Management. Currently, he is skilling in Urban Analytics and Data Science for application in Urban Planning.

Shreyas is an Architect-Urban Planner. He has a Ph.D. in Urban Engineering, and is passionate about Design, Food, and Photography. 

Economic Outlook and Progress of Regional Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific

The growth of developing Asian countries is expected to remain solid amid the continued robust growth in major advanced economies. Domestic demand will still be the main growth driver, as strong consumption will continue. Asia’s regional integration is deepening, and global financial market interconnectedness is intensifying, but the banking network could transmit shocks across borders.

Norio Usui

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Norio Usui is a practitioner-track professor of the Economic Development for International Development Program (IDP) at the International University of Japan (IUJ). He teaches graduate courses—Evolving development paradigms and changing operational strategies of development organizations; Agricultural development and resource revenue management; Roles of government and entrepreneurs in development; and Public finance.

Emma Allen

Emma joined ADB’s Lao PDR Indonesia Resident Mission in 2020 as their country economist supporting the economics, strategy, and programming unit. Prior to this she was country economist for ADB’s Indonesia Resident Mission between 2016 and 2020. Prior to joining ADB, Emma was a Labor Market Economist with the International Labor Organization and worked in several locations, including South Africa, Geneva, Tanzania and Indonesia.