Print Email Facebook Twitter Inner-city station areas in Chinese cities Title Inner-city station areas in Chinese cities Author Wang, X. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Architecture Date 2014-11-12 Abstract Redevelopments of Chinese inner-?city station areas introduced both new transport infrastructures (high speed railway, urban mass transit system, etc.) and real estate projects to station vicinities during the past decades. However, existing station areas are isolated from the rest of the city, and seldom urban activities take place in station surroundings. This paper aims at exploring mechanisms behind the emergence of “urban isolation”. To this end, four relevant topics are discussed, namely urbanization in China, travel model shift in and between big cities, railway station operation and planning philosophy of inner?city station areas. Examining above aspects in some China’s big cities, especially in two typical station areas, Beijing West and Tianjin station areas, this paper examines why Chinese inner?city station areas have gained an increasing role as transport nodes but have paradoxically become isolated enclaves in city centers. Two recommendations are also generated out of above review and analysis. Subject inner-city railway station areas in Chinaredevelopmenturban isolationmechanism To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:99413763-bd21-4d0a-98cd-f0154eb089c5 Source EURAU 2014 "Composite Cities": European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-14 November 2014 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2014 Wang, X. Files PDF 326263.pdf 1.82 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:99413763-bd21-4d0a-98cd-f0154eb089c5/datastream/OBJ/view