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China’s economic growth over the past 40 years has been characterized by government-led policies, unprecedented scale and rapid urbanization. These features not only have promoted rapid economic growth but also have caused many urban problems such as the dispersive growth of mega-cities. The synergy of rail transport and city spatial structure plays a pivotal role in solving city population problems, resources and realizing the sustainable development of the city. Given the high-paced competition between different cities at both regional and global levels, the transformation of urban spatial ecology based on rail transit in mega-cities has become a significant preoccupation. First, this thesis reveals the relationship of rail transit and city development through the comparison of the development background and process of Japanese and American TOD concept. Not only does it summarize the fundamental value of the TOD concept in controlling urban spreading, releasing traffic congestion and urban sustainable development, but it also analyzes the deep impact of rail transit on urban spatial structure. In particular it shows how the integrated station-city development of Tokyo plays a decisive role in the evolution and transition of urban spatial structure. Second, in comparison with the three world cities, New York, London and Tokyo, Tokyo’s integrated station-city development and dynamic mechanism of synergy between rail transit and city development are summarized. The thesis then explores the theoretic framework of station-city integration and the holistic planning methods. Finally, its synchronization is proposed to promote ecological transformation of urban space structure in China in the future.
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Yue, Y., Chang, J. (2021). Station-City Integration: Urban Space Ecological Transformation Research Based on Rail Transit. In: Li, W., Hu, L., Cao, J. (eds) Human-Centered Urban Planning and Design in China: Volume II. GeoJournal Library, vol 130. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83860-7_3
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