Title

554-561 Transportation Characteristics Change Under Rapid Urban Expansion: A Case Study Of Shanghai

Keywords

Shanghai; Transportation; Urban expansion; Urban morphology

Abstract

This paper focuses on the economic development and urban morphology as well as its impact on the transportation system during the urban expansion of Shanghai in the last more than 20 years (1986-2008). Based on data from 3 comprehensive transport surveys of Shanghai since 1986, the changes in residential trip demand, vehicle use, and the spatial distribution of trips were studied to understand the demands on the transportation system. The factors contributing to those changes in transportation demand were discussed, by which the conclusions were arrived: 1) economic development promotes population growth and stimulates residential trip demand greatly; 2) unsynchronized migration of population and job from central district to periphery district of Shanghai make trips and congestion diffuse in the same way; and 3) urban sprawl from a city center encourages the single-occupant vehicle mode, which imposes greater pressure on the roadway system. It is concluded that urban development should coordinate with the transportation system planning and expansion. © Science Press, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS and Springer-Verlag 2010.

Publication Date

12-1-2010

Publication Title

Chinese Geographical Science

Volume

20

Issue

6

Number of Pages

554-561

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-010-0431-3

Socpus ID

84890833137 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84890833137

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