Exploring the relationship between multilevel highway networks and local development patterns—a case study of Taiwan

Tsou, Ko Wan; Cheng, Hao Teng; Tseng, Fu Yi

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.015

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“…Such systems are characterized by shorter travel times, greater safety, energy efficiency and reduced environmental impacts (Kim and Han, 2016). Improved transportation systems play a major role in hastening urban, rural, industrial and economic development, and lead to the expansion of jobs, education and personal opportunities (Gunasekera et al, 2008;Tsou et al, 2015;Locatelli et al, 2017).…”

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“…In the main, the introduction of new or much improved transportation systems that lower commuting times and short-haul costs may attract new workers and/or industries which generally converts land from a less-intensive use to more intensive (Lein and Day, 2008). There has been a wealth of literature documenting the impacts of ground transportation on LULC change using the combination of remotely sensed data, Geographic Information Systems and landscape metrics (Badoe and Miller, 2000;Serrano et al, 2002;Lein and Day, 2008;Aljoufie et al, 2013a,b;Bruschi et al, 2015;Tsou et al, 2015). However, these studies have focused mainly on the decline of agricultural land and loss of biodiversity caused by ground transportation projects.…”

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How do modern transportation projects impact on development of impervious surfaces via new urban area and urban intensification? Evidence from Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China

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Many countries have been constructing modern ground transportation projects. This raises questions about the impacts of such projects on development of impervious surfaces, yet there have been few attempts to systematically analyze these impacts. This paper attempts to narrow this information gap using the Hangzhou Bay Bridge project, China, as an exploratory case study. Using remotely sensed data, we developed a framework based on statistical techniques, wavelet multi-resolution analysis and Theil-Sen slope analysis to measure the changes in impervious surfaces. The derived changes were then linked to the bridge project with respect to socioeconomic factors and land use development activities. The findings highlight that the analytical framework could reliably quantify the area, pattern and form of new urban area and urban intensification. Change detection analysis showed that urban area, GDP and the length of highways increased moderately in the pre-Hangzhou Bay Bridge period (1995-2002) while all of these variables increased more substantially during (2002-2009) and after (2009-2013) the bridge construction. The results indicate that the development of impervious surfaces due to new urban area came at the expense of permeable surfaces in the urban fringe and within rural regions, while urban intensification occurred mainly in the form of the redevelopment of older structures to modern high-rise buildings within existing urban regions. In the context of improved transportation infrastructure, our findings suggest that new urban area and urban intensification can be attributed to consecutive events which act like a chain reaction: construction of improved transportation projects, their impacts on land use development policies, effects of both systems on socioeconomic variables, and finally all these changes influence new urban area and urban intensification. However, more research is needed to better understand this sequential process and to examine the broader applicability of the concept in other developing regions.

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How do modern transportation projects impact on development of impervious surfaces via new urban area and urban intensification? Evidence from Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China

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“…Moreover, comparing the EII at the same distance, it can be observed that the land absorption along expressways was more significant than along non-expressways. Tsou also proved that the upper-level highways influenced the local development pattern more seriously in Taiwan [53]. These results indicate that the farmland located in the expressway-effect zone face higher risk of disruption.…”

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Analyzing the Impact of Highways Associated with Farmland Loss under Rapid Urbanization

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Abstract:Highway construction has accelerated urban growth and induced direct and indirect changes to land use. Although many studies have analyzed the relationship between highway construction and local development, relatively less attention has been paid to clarifying the various impacts of highways associated with farmland loss. This paper integrates GIS spatial analysis, remote sensing, buffer analysis and landscape metrics to analyze the landscape pattern change induced by direct and indirect highway impacts. This paper explores the interaction between the impact of highways and farmland loss, using the case of the highly urbanized traffic hubs in eastern China, Hang-Jia-Hu Plain. Our results demonstrate that the Hang-Jia-Hu Plain experienced extensive highway construction during 1990-2010, with a clear acceleration of expressway development since 2000. This unprecedented highway construction has directly fragmented the regional landscape and indirectly disturbed the regional landscape by attracting a large amount of built-up land transition from farmland during the last two decades. In the highway-effect zone, serious farmland loss initially occurred in the urban region and then spread to the rural region. Moreover, we found the discontinuous expansion of built-up land scattered the farmland in the rural region and expressway-effect zone. Furthermore, farmland protection policies in the 1990s had the effect of controlling the total area of farmland loss. However, the cohesive farmland structure was still fragmented by the direct and indirect impacts of highway construction. We suggest that an overall farmland protection system should be established to enhance spatial control and mitigate the adverse impacts caused by highway construction. This work improves the understanding of regional sustainable development, and provides a scientific basis for balanced urban development with farmland protection in decision-making processes.

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“…In catering to the above need, this study focused on a set of research literature related to network centrality measures. Centrality measures, which have been evolved from graph theory, were initially a popular concept, in the fields of social network analysis and computer engineering, that applied to explain matters related to accessibility [26], (Chen et al, 2014), [27,28]. The results of previous works have repeatedly claimed that the centrality is capable to explain pedestrian and vehicular flows [29,30], [31,32], [33,34,7,35].…”

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A novel approach to model traffic on road segments of large-scale urban road networks

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Exploring the relationship between multilevel highway networks and local development patterns—a case study of Taiwan

Cited by 9 publications

References 53 publications

How do modern transportation projects impact on development of impervious surfaces via new urban area and urban intensification? Evidence from Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China

How do modern transportation projects impact on development of impervious surfaces via new urban area and urban intensification? Evidence from Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China

Analyzing the Impact of Highways Associated with Farmland Loss under Rapid Urbanization

A novel approach to model traffic on road segments of large-scale urban road networks

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