World Bank2014-09-092014-09-092014-06-25https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19999This report reflects a two-stage work flow designed to fulfill the research objectives: stage one defined the methodology, and stages two tested this methodology and transferred the know-how to the China Railway Corporation and its consultants through case studies. Chapter two summarizes the theoretical framework within which regional economic impacts are discussed and quantified. Chapter three reviews current regional economic impact analyses in China. Chapter four summarizes the approach to practical regional impact assessment in other countries and reviews the relevance of the main methods in the Chinese context. Chapter five summarizes the work that has been carried out by the World Bank to date in estimating regional impacts in China. Chapter six develops a practical approach to quantifying the regional economic impacts of future HSR in China, including methods for data collection, surveys and interviews. Chapter seven presents the implementation of the methodology in the case studies and the interpretation of quantified model results. Chapter eight summarizes the conclusions and the recommendations for further work. In addition, appendices one to three provide further details about existing assessment studies and methodologies. Appendices four and five show the interview and survey forms. A separate report provides a step-by-step how-to guide for a regional economic impact assessment using a four zone generic example model, which as a simple numerical example complements the presentation of the case study applications on Changchun-Jilin HSR and the northern part of the Beijing-Shanghai HSR.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYACCOUNTINGAGGLOMERATION BENEFITSAIRAIR TRAVELAIR TRAVEL DEMAND ELASTICITIESAIRPORTSANALYTICAL APPROACHAVERAGE COSTSBASE YEARBENCHMARKBUSBUS STATIONSCARCITY SERVICESCONGESTIONCONSUMERSCOST OF TRAVELCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCOSTS OF TRANSPORTCOSTS OF TRAVELCROSSINGDEMAND ELASTICITYDOOR-TO-DOOR TRAVELECONOMIC MODELSECONOMIC PROJECTIONSECONOMIC SIZEECONOMICSELASTICITYELASTICITY VALUESEMISSIONSEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSEQUILIBRIUMEQUILIBRIUM MODELSEXPENDITUREEXTERNALITIESFARE ELASTICITIESFARESFEASIBILITY STUDIESFLOOR SPACEFREIGHTFUELFUEL COSTGDPGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSISHIGH SPEED RAILHIGH SPEED RAILWAYSHIGH-SPEED RAILIMPERFECT COMPETITIONINCOMEINFLATIONINNOVATIONINSPECTIONJOURNEYJOURNEY TIMELAND USELARGE CITIESLEGISLATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL TRAFFICMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF FINANCEMODAL CHOICEMODAL TRAVELMONOPOLYNET BENEFITSOPERATING COSTSPASSENGER TRAVELPASSENGERSPOLICY MAKERSPOLLUTIONPRODUCTIVITYPROVINCEPROVINCESPROVINCIAL CAPITALPROVINCIAL CITYPUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENTPUBLIC TRANSPORTRAIL PROJECTSRAIL TRACKRAILWAYRAILWAY INVESTMENTROADROAD TRANSPORTROUTEROUTESSAFETY IMPACTSSAVINGSSPEEDSSUB-NATIONALSUBSIDIARYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETOLLSTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTOTAL EXPENDITURETOWNSTRACK ALIGNMENTTRAFFICTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT INVESTMENTSTRANSPORT MODETRANSPORT MODESTRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT OPERATIONSTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT SAFETYTRANSPORT SERVICETRANSPORT SERVICE IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT SERVICESTRAVEL CHOICESTRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL DEMANDTRAVEL DEMAND ELASTICITIESTRAVEL MODETRAVEL SPEEDSTRAVEL TIMETRAVEL TIMESTRAVELERSTRIPTRIPSUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN EMPLOYMENTURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN TRAVELUTILITY THEORYWORKING HOURS10.1596/19999