All rights reservedZhang, ShupingQian, Zhu2024-03-142024-03-142015978-80-01-05782-7https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/1429Book of proceedings: Annual AESOP Congress, Definite Space – Fuzzy Responsibility, Prague, 13-16th July, 2015High-speed rail (HSR), the advanced rail system normally operates at a speed of o new tracks or 200km/hour on conventional tracks, is advocated as an effective traffic with dwindling energy supplies, severe air pollution, and increasing traffic of this transit system includes: increasing traffic efficiency; improving spatial logistics connections; promoting regional equity and economic coordination; and p alternative to air transportation in regions where geography allows competitive a railway (GutiØrrez, J. 2001 Givoni, 2006; Albalate and Bel, 2012). For China, HS essential considering the country’s massive population that needs efficient trave regions demanding for equal connection, and the state goal of city-region integra by rail upgrade (Takagi, 2011).EnglishopenAccesshigh-speed rail impactssocial sustainabilityenvironmentconferenceObject2587-2599