文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：High-speed rail and urban expansion: An empirical study using a time series of nighttime light satellite data in China

作者：Long, Fenjie Zheng, Longfei Song, Zhida

第一作者：Long, Fenjie;龙奋杰

通信作者：Zheng, LF[1]

机构：[1]Tsinghua Univ, Hang Lung Ctr Real Estate, Beijing, Peoples R China;[2]Tsinghua Univ, Dept Construct Management, Beijing, Peoples R China;[3]Guizhou Inst Technol, Guiyang, Guizhou, Peoples R China

第一机构：Tsinghua Univ, Hang Lung Ctr Real Estate, Beijing, Peoples R China

通信机构：corresponding author), Tsinghua Univ, Room 3-405,West Main Bldg, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China.

年份：2018

卷号：72

起止页码：106-118

外文期刊名：JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85052940952);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000450134100009)】；

基金：This work was supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China (14AJY012) for funding.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Land development; Urban growth; Spatial expansion; DMSP/OLS; Difference-in-differences; Propensity score matching

摘要：Transportation, especially high-speed rail (HSR), plays a key role in urban development. Although many empirical studies have substantiated the impact of HSR on urban economic outcomes, the role of HSR in urban spatial expansion is seldom empirically measured. Previous studies have shown that the improvement of transportation infrastructure and technology can promote the expansion of cities, mostly on the construction land area announced by the government. This study, which is based on high-precision calibrated nighttime light satellite images, accurately measured the impact of HSR on urban expansion. We estimated a difference-in-differences model after eliminating selection bias by propensity score matching. HSR has a positive effect on urban expansion with an elasticity of 0.12-0.13. In addition, HSR is almost twice as successful at promoting urban expansion in the underdeveloped central and western cities as in the developed eastern cities in China. Governments should consider the varying responses of cities at different levels of development when using HSR to promote urban development. For future HSR line planning in China, the governments should appropriately focus on the central and western regions in order to achieve the most efficient use of resources and balanced regional development.