Transportation Economic Belt

Author: Zhang Wenchang
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is of great reference value for professionals, managers, and teachers and students in universities and colleges in the fields of regional development, national land planning, transportation economics and planning, and economic geography. It is a summary of the research outcomes of the National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Development Mechanism and Patterns of Transportation Economic Belts," and also represents an important innovation in the development of China's transportation layout and transportation geography. The book is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Theory of Transportation Economic Belts
Part 2: Analysis and Research on Typical Transportation Economic Belts
It consists of 14 chapters, respectively discussing the basic of transportation economic belts at home and abroad, the fundamental theories, formation mechanisms, spatial and structural patterns, and types of transportation economic belts. It also explores the coordinated development between transportation economic belts and regional economies, the formation mechanisms and empirical studies of transportation corridors, as well as the formation, development, and experiences of major transportation economic belts in China (such as Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou, Harbin-Dalian, Jiaozhou-Lanxiang, and Beijing-Jiujiang) and abroad (such as Japan's Tokaido, the United States, and Germany).