Territorial, Socioeconomic and Sustainability Lessons from Developing High-Speed Rail in Spain

Territorial, Socioeconomic and Sustainability Lessons from Developing High-Speed Rail in Spain
Territorial, Socioeconomic and Sustainability Lessons from Developing High-Speed Rail in Spain
11/28/2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
UCLA Lewis Center and UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
310.562.7356
lewiscenter@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Free and open to the public
3343 Public Affairs Building
337 Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Submitted by Tgauthier Posted on November 21, 2012
Date: 
Wed, 11/28/2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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UCLA Lewis Center and UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
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310.562.7356

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3343 Public Affairs Building
337 Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States
34° 4' 26.1732" N, 118° 26' 18.4704" W
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Free and open to the public
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High-Speed Rail assessments rarely consider its territorial implications, using the number of passengers or the economic profit as the main variables. The lecture presents the Urban improvements and the Interurban benefits derived from the 20 years (1992-2012) Spanish experience.

 

High-Speed Rail assessments rarely consider its territorial implications, using the number of passengers or the economic profit as the main variables. The lecture presents the Urban improvements and the Interurban benefits derived from the 20 years (1992-2012) Spanish experience.

 

Professor José M. de UREÑA, Schools of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), has led an interuniversity research group on High-Speed Rail for the last 10 years and recently edited the book “Territorial Implications of High-Seed Rail: a Spanish perspective”.