Overview
- Presents innovative analyses of the challenges and opportunities of population growth and migration
- Shows the new trends in population growth and migration challenge the transport system
- Discusses the population growth and shrinkage in cities and regions
Part of the book series: Population, Regional Development and Transport (PRDT)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses the links between population growth, migration and the transport system in China. It first reviews the theories concerning the relationship between population growth, distribution and transport systems from an international perspective and then analyses the history of and changes in population growth, population migration, urbanisation and population spatial distribution in China by using multiple data sources, including the census, China Family Panel Studies data, China Migrants Panel Studies data and mobile phone data. Thirdly, it explores the effects of population growth and migration on transport infrastructures and services in terms of planning, investments, development, operation and management. The book also evaluates the features, strengths and weaknesses of various population policies on the basis of their impacts on transport, birth control, the hukou system, the migration management system and the policies designed to limit the growth of large cities and encourage the growth of small cities.
Further, it addresses transport policies in the context of their capacity to meet people’s mobility and accessibility needs and other factors, including energy consumption, environment pollution and regional development inequalities. Examining the trends in population distribution and their influences on transport, such as an increase in urban agglomeration and mega city regions in the east of China and population shrinkage in the cities and regions in northeast and west China, it also investigates the new trends of rural migration and population movement during the Spring Festival and other public holidays and the challenges of these new trends for transport system.
Lastly, the book discusses future directions and challenges, sustainable population and transport policies and proposes population-oriented transport strategies and accessibility-based population distribution policies.
Relevantto China and other developing countries, the book is a valuable resource for scholars interested in population studies, sustainable transportation, regional planning and development and environmental policy.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Population Growth and Sustainable Transport in China
Authors: Pengjun Zhao, Dandan Yuan
Series Title: Population, Regional Development and Transport
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7470-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-7469-4Published: 23 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-7472-4Published: 24 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-7470-0Published: 22 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-4613
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 360
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 176 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Population Economics, Regional/Spatial Science