Railway development: impacts on urban dynamics

This book addresses the role of railways in urban development. The central aim is to inquire into how especially the development of high-speed rail and light rail links will affect European cities. The analyses are carried out with special attention given to the broader institutional environment of the railway system, including the shift toward privatised railway companies, internationalisation, the occurrence of market and government failures in land markets, and private-public partnerships in the development of railway station areas. The essence of the plans to invest in railway stations is that railway stations are not considered merely as nodes where people transfer from one vehicle to another, but also as places where spatial concentrations of high value activity are recognised as having a positive impact on cities. The development of real estate near stations is increasingly seen as a negotiation process in which both public and private actors play certain roles to revitalise central urban areas.

"Most of the papers contained in this volume were presented at the special session "Railway stations and urban dynamics" of the 45th conference of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during August 2005"--Page v

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The impact of railway development on urban dynamics -- Part A: Setting the scene -- 2 Urban dynamics and transport infrastructure:Towards greater synergy -- 3 Station areas as nodes and places in urban networks: An analytical tool and alternative development strategies -- 4 HST stations and urban dynamics: Experiences from four European cities -- 5 What makes a city: Urban quality in Euralille, Amsterdam South Axis and Rotterdam Central -- 6 New Key Projects for station redevelopment in the Netherlands -- 7 A multidisciplinary approach of railway station development: A case study of 's-Hertogenbosch -- Part B: Evaluation studies -- 8 Ex ante evaluation of railway station development projects: Issues still to be solved -- 9 Multicriteria analysis of a high-speed railway station area development project -- 10 Cost-benefit analysis of railway station area development: The case of Amsterdam South Axis -- 11 Measuring the WTP for shopping facilities around railway stations -- Part C: High-speed rail and urban dynamics -- 12 The impact of high-speed railway developments on office locations: A scenario study approach -- 13 The effect of railway stations …