Territorial implications of high-speed rail a Spanish perspective (Ashgate, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-276) and index
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 High-Speed Rail and its Evolution in Spain; 2 High-Speed Rail -- The European Experience; 3 Territory and High-Speed Rail: A Conceptual Framework; 4 Demographic and Socio-economic Context of Spatial Development in Spain; 5 Accessibility Evaluation of the Transportation Network in Spain during the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century; 6 Mobility Characteristics of Medium-Distance High-Speed Rail Services; 7 Territorial Implications at National and Regional Scales of High-Speed Rail
8 The High-Speed Rail in Spanish Cities: Urban Integration and Local Strategies for Socio-economic Development9 High-Speed Rail and Regional Accessibility; 10 Economic Assessment of High-Speed Rail in Spain; 11 Afterthoughts: High-Speed Rail Planning Issues and Perspectives; Bibliography; Index
This book presents the experience of 20 years of HSR in Spain including some explicit information, arguments and conclusions derived from HSR in other European Countries. It debates the HSR territorial implications at three scales: national, regional and local, thus being of interest for strategic debates at those scales, such as the decision of new national lines, the pros and cons of deviating the line to reach minor intermediate cities or the selection of precise locations for new stations and the development projects in their surroundings