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Towards a More Sustainable Settlement and Transportation Pattern of the Greater Kunming Area
The City of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in Southwest China, has experienced very dynamic development since the beginning of the 1990's. In the next 10 years, the city is expected to attain metropolitan status, increasing continuously its functional sphere of influence. The current monocentric car-based urban development bears a huge risk of urban and environmental degradation and the loss of economic competitiveness. However, being at an early stage, the city's development can still be guided: Metropolitan areas, which instead rely on a network of decentralized but concentrated urban centers interconnected by high capacity public transportation, have a significantly reduced need for car based transportation and an improved sustainability. But so far it has never been assessed, how much the potential gain could be of a coordinated settlement and transportation pattern for Kunming. By applying innovative planning methods and data management, for example a GIS-based regional model, two alternative regional development scenarios for Kunming—a car based “trend development” and a “vision scenario”, supported by a high-capacity short-range railway—have been simulated, studied and assessed in detail.
Towards a More Sustainable Settlement and Transportation Pattern of the Greater Kunming Area
The City of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in Southwest China, has experienced very dynamic development since the beginning of the 1990's. In the next 10 years, the city is expected to attain metropolitan status, increasing continuously its functional sphere of influence. The current monocentric car-based urban development bears a huge risk of urban and environmental degradation and the loss of economic competitiveness. However, being at an early stage, the city's development can still be guided: Metropolitan areas, which instead rely on a network of decentralized but concentrated urban centers interconnected by high capacity public transportation, have a significantly reduced need for car based transportation and an improved sustainability. But so far it has never been assessed, how much the potential gain could be of a coordinated settlement and transportation pattern for Kunming. By applying innovative planning methods and data management, for example a GIS-based regional model, two alternative regional development scenarios for Kunming—a car based “trend development” and a “vision scenario”, supported by a high-capacity short-range railway—have been simulated, studied and assessed in detail.
Towards a More Sustainable Settlement and Transportation Pattern of the Greater Kunming Area
Feiner, Jacques P. (author) / Schmid, Willy A. (author) / Salmerón, Diego (author) / Eggenberger, Markus (author)
disP - The Planning Review ; 36 ; 4-9
2000-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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