Citation

Fangqu N, Jun L. Environ. Plann. A 2019; 51(6): 1213-1216.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0308518X18806004

PMID

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Abstract

China is accelerating its high-speed transportation network development. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China (2016a), China's total highway mileage had reached 120,000 km as of 2015, on par with the railway's operating mileage. The highway is the major means for long-distance transportation between provinces and cities in China. A country's highway structure and traffic demand distribution is a representation of its economic development level spatial pattern and the interaction between regions. China's highway network is developed unevenly and its density varies significantly across regions. In general, the density of its eastern region is much higher than that of the western region. Likewise, China's population is also distributed unequally. The western mountainous region is sparsely populated, with low economic development. The traditional equal land area highway map does not truly reflect the uneven distribution of passenger travel supply and demand.

This study develops an equal population map of mainland China and subsequently projects its intercity highways onto the map...

Language: en