Literature Review on High-Speed Rail and Regional Uneven Development

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Many different types of interactions between transportation and land use have been noticed and debated by researchers and the general public because transportation infrastructures have frequently been cited as an important factor in determining spatial structures at diverse levels, including the local, regional, and national levels. Notably, because transportation accessibility has facilitated agglomeration economies, a small number of core areas have benefited from a geographic concentration of industries and consumption. As a result of the unequal distribution of economic resources and capacities, peripheral regions have been subjected to significant challenges, such as an increase in the rate of unemployment. Consequently, transportation can be considered as a global factor that contributes to the promotion of uneven development. A question that is connected to the phenomena is regarding the economic effects of considerable transportation improvements, namely high-speed rail (HSR), on the long-standing uneven development practices. Thus, this study (1) synthesized the manner in which transportation contributed to the creation of uneven development, (2) reviewed empirical findings to determine whether HSR mitigated the long-standing uneven development, and (3) offered future research directions.