Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Call for Paper for the Special issue: Megaregional Approaches to Address the Mega-Challenges of Transportation and Environment
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全文截稿: 2019-08-15
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中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 工程技术 - 2区
• 小类 : 环境研究 - 2区
• 小类 : 交通运输 - 2区
• 小类 : 运输科技 - 3区
Overview
Megaregion (also termed “mega-city region”, “super-city region”, or “city-cluster region” in the European and Asian context) refers to a large agglomeration consisting of two or more networked metropolitan areas and their hinterlands. French geographer Gottman first observed in the early 1960s the agglomerating phenomenon ofmegalopolisfrom Boston to Washington, D.C. and in other multi-metropolitan corridors of the United States. At the turn of this century, the agglomeration pattern re-emerged in the spotlight after a group of U.S. planners and researchers reported that more than two thirds of the nation’s population and wealth concentrated in eleven present or emerging megaregions. It is expected that three fourths of U.S. jobs and population will concentrate in the eleven megaregions by 2050. These megaregional demographic and economic trends predict a mega-scale demand for passenger and freight mobility. Going along with the rising mobility demand is the severe environmental challenges, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy consumption, and climate change. While the transportation sector contributes to climate change, it is also affected by climate change as the transportation system is becoming increasingly vulnerable to frequent mega-disasters, for instance, Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Harvey. The challenges of transportation congestion, pollution, and system vulnerability often originate locally but spread beyond regional, state or even national boundaries. These challenges cannot be tackled by adding up local solutions from individual communities, agencies, or transportation modes. A megaregion perspective emphasizes a long-term, strategic, and multi-dimensional scope consistent with the rising mega-agglomerations to tackle transportation challenges. It focuses on novel ways to build the bridges and fill the gaps among the silos of individual institutions, modal systems, and jurisdictional territories. U.S. trade partners and competitors in Europe and Asia have recognized the criticality of megaregion mobility and have taken strategic actions in anticipation. Examples of their actions include the continuing development of the multimodal Trans-European Transportation Network (TEN-T) in the European Union and high-speed rail (HSR) investments, along with port and highway construction, in Japan and China.
This special issue aims to share knowledge and experience from empirical investigations, case study of best practice, and analytical/theoretical advances in research on issues of transportation and environment in the megaregions or similar agglomerations of all countries and continents. We welcome contributions on the following topics:
Strategic investments in national/sub-national/sub-continental transportation infrastructure (rail, roadways, and ports) to minimize green-house gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption
Land and resources consumption and built-environment implications of megaregion growth under alternative transportation investment decisions
The relationship between air quality, built environment attributes, and transportation system performance
Megaregional emergency evacuation and transportation coordination in the event of natural disasters
Environmental justice, spatial inequality, and the role of transportation in megaregions
Behavioral changes in personal travel and home/job location decisions fostered by high-speed transportation, mobile communications technologies, environmental amenities, and life-style trends in the multi-city/multi-regional scale
Legal and institutional challenges and options for passenger and freight mobility improvement in the multi-jurisdictional setting of megaregions