Contents1 Introduction to the Geographies of High-Speed Rail 1Andrew R. Goetz, Chia-Lin Chen and Frédéric DobruszkesPART I THEMATIC CHAPTERS2 Historical evolution and geopolitics of high-speed rail 7Zhenhua Chen and Anthony Perl3 Draw me a high-speed rail network: navigating betweenplaces, technology, and politics 19Frédéric Dobruszkes and Amparo Moyano4 Planning high-speed rail stations and surrounding areas:concepts, outcomes, and lessons 30Chia-Lin Chen5 Debates around the evaluation of high-speed rail: PartI - methodological and policy debates around economicevaluation of HSR projects in Europe 43Paolo Beria and Tommaso Battilocchi6 Debates around the evaluation of high-speed rail: Part II - theplanning and political approach 56Daniel Durrant7 The political economy of high-speed rail: critical perspective 66Natalia Buier8 Intermodal and intramodal interactions 78Andrew R. Goetz, Anthony Perl, Eric Bruun, Daniel Zimny-Schmitt and Jiaoe Wang9 High-speed rail and climate change: an intermodalperspective and the role of energy generation 89Yulai Wan and Anming Zhang10 Social equity and justice 101Bradley W. Lane11 Economic geography and urban development: the quantitativeapproach 111Junmei Cheng and Zhenhua Chen12 High-speed rail, economic geography and urban development:towards a qualitative place-based approach 124Marie Delaplace, Sylvie Benoit and Christophe Beckerich13 Maglev and vacuum tube trains: the advent of post-HSRsystems? 135Michael MinnPART II REGIONAL CHAPTERSSection II. 1 East Asia14 High-speed rail in Japan 148Koichi Tanaka15 High-speed rail in China 157Jiaoe Wang and Fan Xiao16 Taiwan high-speed rail: infrastructure, accessibility, andregional development 165Christopher J. Russell and Chia-Lin Chen17 High-speed rail in South Korea 175Junghwa Kim and Chaione KimSection II. 2 Europe18 France's high-speed rail network: a two-tier geography 185Valérie Facchinetti-Mannone19 The new geography created by high-speed rail: the case ofSpain 194José María Coronado Tordesillas and Héctor MartínezSánchez-Mateos20 High-speed rail in Germany 204Werner Rothengatter21 High-speed rail in Italy 214Silvio Nocera, Francesco Bruzzone and Federico Cavallaro22 High-speed rail (HSR) in Great Britain 223Simon Blainey and John Preston23 The Belgian and Dutch high-speed lines: rescued by slowerdomestic services? 231Jacques CharlierSection II. 3 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia24 High-speed rail in Turkey 242Eda Beyazit25 High-speed rail in Saudi Arabia 250Khalid Mohammed Almatar26 The Moroccan high-speed train (Al Boraq): a successfulgamble? 261Jean-François Troin27 The Uzbek high-speed rail: tourism and national prestige1 270Christian VandermottenSection II.
4 Countries with high-speed rail lines under construction28 High-speed rail in the United States 279Andrew R. Goetz29 High-speed rail in India: opportunities, challenges, and theroad ahead 286Sandip Chakrabarti and Sagar VermaSection II. 5 International issues30 Rethinking trans-European transport networks: the role of rail 293Mateu Turró31 Crossing the border? Persistent border effects in Europe 301Guillaume Carrouet and Christophe Mimeur32 One country, two markets: Hong Kong-China HSR 308Zhixuan Li and Becky P.Y. Loo33 Conclusion: what have we learned about the geographies ofhigh-speed rail? 315Andrew R. Goetz, Chia-Lin Chen and Frédéric Dobruszkes.