The Social Benefits of High-Speed Rails in China

This book summarizes the quantitative research methods related to the social benefits of high-speed rails. It also explores the political, economic, technological, social and environmental impacts of high-speed rails. As China' s new national business card, high-speed railways not only reflect the advanced technology of Chinese railways but also reflect China' s increasing comprehensive national power. The highlight of the book is to conduct multidimensional analysis of the social benefits of the high-speed rail with a focus of spatiotemporal economics analysis.

1. Introduction. - 2. Theoretical Frameworks in the Study. - 3. The Spatiotemporal Analysis of the High-Speed Rail Social Benefits. - 4. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Case Study . - 5. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Modeling. - 6. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Investigation. - 7. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Policy. - 8. Conclusion and Future Work