Jin, YingBullock, RichardFang, Wanli2014-09-092014-09-092013-06-30https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19989This paper contains an initial reconnaissance of the situation in Yunfu, prior to the NanGuang project construction. It provides a brief overview of the trajectory of economic development in Yunfu from an economy that was dominated by primary industries to that by secondary industries. The development of local transport infrastructure is reviewed, as is the more detailed structure of local industries, with special emphasis on dominant industrial sectors and the planned industrial parks. The experience of high speed rail development impact elsewhere was drawn upon to reflect on the possible regional economic outcomes that might emerge following the opening of the Nanning-Guangzhou high speed rail. The structure of and the approach to a before and after monitoring study is considered. The remainder of the paper is divided into six parts. Part two gives a brief overview of the economic development in Yunfu municipality since its establishment in 1994. Part three describes local transport links and infrastructure. Part four provides a description of the internal structure of local industries, with special emphasis on the dominant industrial sectors and the planned industrial parks. Part five discusses possible regional economic impacts associated with the forthcoming high-speed rail line and part six summarizes a proposal for the next steps.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYAGGLOMERATION BENEFITSAGGLOMERATION ECONOMIESAGRICULTUREANALYTICAL APPROACHBENCHMARKBILATERAL TRADEBUSINESS OPERATIONSBUSINESS SERVICESBUSINESSESCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCARCENTRAL PLANNINGCITY SIZECOMMERCECOMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONSCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMERSCOST OF CAR TRAVELCOST OF TRAVELCOSTS OF TRAVELDATA ANALYSISDRIVINGE-MAILECONOMETRIC MODELSECONOMETRICSECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RENTECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMIC THEORIESECONOMIC THEORYELASTICITIESELASTICITYELASTICITY VALUEEMPLOYMENTEXCESS SUPPLYEXPRESSWAYSEXTERNALITIESFINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGFINANCIAL SERVICEFINANCIAL SERVICESFIXED ASSETFOREIGN TRADEFUELGDPGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGROWTH MODELSGROWTH RATEHIGH SPEED RAILHIGH SPEED RAILWAYSHIGH-SPEED RAILHIGHWAYHIGHWAY CAPACITYHIGHWAYSIMPACT OF TRANSPORTINCREASING RETURNSINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALEINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINNOVATIONINSPECTIONINTERFACEINTERNATIONAL PORTSINTERNATIONAL TRADELABOURLABOUR FORCELABOUR MARKETSLABOUR PRODUCTIVITYLABOUR STATISTICSLAND USELARGE CITIESMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMANUFACTURING INDUSTRYMARKET ACCESSMARKET POTENTIALMATERIALMETROPOLITAN AREASMIGRATIONMOBILITYMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURENATURAL RESOURCENETWORK DATANETWORK MODELNETWORKSNEW TECHNOLOGIESOCCUPATIONSOPEN ECONOMYPCPER CAPITA INCOMEPERFECT COMPETITIONPHOTOPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPOSITIVE EXTERNALITYPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRODUCT DIFFERENTIATIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROPERTY OWNERSRAIL COSTSRAILWAYRAILWAYSREAL INCOMEREGIONAL PRODUCTIVITYREGIONAL TRANSPORTREGIONAL TRAVELRESULTRESULTSROADROAD INVESTMENTROAD LINKSROAD NETWORKROAD TRANSPORTROADSROUTESSEARCH COSTSSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL COSTSSUPPLIERSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ECONOMICSTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTELEPHONETOLLTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT DATATRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT INVESTMENTTRANSPORT INVESTMENTSTRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRAVEL BEHAVIOURTRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL DISTANCETRAVEL DISTANCESTRAVEL PATTERNSTRAVEL SPEEDSTRAVEL TIMETRAVEL TIMESTRIPTRIP RATETRIPSTRIPS PER CAPITAURBAN TRAVELUSESVERIFICATIONWAGE RATESWAGESWEBWORKER PRODUCTIVITYWORKING HOURS10.1596/19989