The Role of Railway Services in Sustainable Urban Development

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  • Kazufumi Ueno
چکیده

Kobe City is a metropolis including large suburbs, where housing communities have been developed for many years. People have been recently moving to the urban areas and the suburbs are losing their power to attract population. At the same time, many blocks of high-rise flats have being built near railway stations adjoining town centers, and are drawing people of all generations. Residents with different lifestyle preferences are making good use of town centers and city centers based on effective railway services to live together happily in a household as well as the same flats. Thus railway services can play an essential role in sustainable urban development. Keywords—Compact town, railway services, suburbs, sustainable development.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013