The Effect of Accessibility of High-speed Railway on Sustainable Urban Development

Abstract

Abstract: As an important development field of integrated infrastructure investment and construction, high-speed railway has a profound impact on the economic and social development of cities in terms of its accessibility. To explore the impact of high-speed railway accessibility on sustainable urban development, this study constructs a sustainable urban development index system to measure the level of sustainable development of 29 cities in China from 2009 to 2020. This study adopts the spatial Dubin model (SDM) to investigate the spatial spillover effect of high-speed rail accessibility on sustainable urban development, and then uses mediating effect model and threshold effect model to reveal the transmission mechanism and threshold effect between high-speed rail accessibility and sustainable urban development. The results show that: (1) The increase in the degree of AHSR (accessibility of high-speed railway) significantly improves the SUDS (sustainable urban development score), and shows a significant spatial spillover effect; (2) The AHSR promotes the SUDS by increasing the scientific and technological expenditures, the level of labor productivity, and the density of the road network of the city; (3) The impacts of the degree of AHSR on the SUDS are non-linear, and the degree of these impacts are closely related to the threshold interval of the scientific and technological expenditures, the level of labor productivity, and the density of the road network of the city. This study puts forward policy recommendations in terms of strengthening investment in the high-speed rail industry and rationally arranging the layout of high-speed rail connections; establishing input assessment criteria to maximize the efficiency of return on investment in scientific and technological expenditures; strengthening the link effect between the development of high-speed railway and the level of labor productivity; and strengthening the impact effect of high-speed railway on the density of the road network, with a view to providing a scientific basis for sustainable urban development in the future.

Key words: accessibility of high-speed railway, sustainable urban development, spatial econometric analysis, mediating effect model, threshold effect model

Xue Bin, Chang Kexin, Liu Bingsheng. The Effect of Accessibility of High-speed Railway on Sustainable Urban Development[J]. Management Review, 2026, 38(3): 14-27.

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