|
|
|
| THE CHOICE OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT PATTERN BASED ON THE MUTUAL MECHANISM BETWEEN URBAN LAND USING PATTERN AND TRANSPORT PATTERN——A Case Study Of Guangzhou |
| MAO Jiang-xing1,2, YAN Xiao-pei1 |
1. Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2. College of Resource and Environment Science, Guangxi Normal University, Nanning 530001, China |
|
|
|
|
Abstract The urban transportation system of China is in transitional period. With the impact on the urban transportation system of swift and violent urbanization and motorization, the urban transportation system Oriented by bicycle and public bus has been in a heavy-laden status. Urban transport congestion and urban environmental problems has been a chronic illness in big cities in China. And the contradiction between urban land using pattern and transport pattern is the main reason for these problems. So, the author tries to find the sustainable transport pattern based on the mutual mechanism between urban land using pattern and transport pattern in this article.
This article is organized into five sections. Firstly the author gives us the definition of urban land using pattern and sustainable transport pattern. In sections 2, the author describes the mutual relationship between urban land using pattern and transport pattern. Urban land using pattern is the foundation of transport pattern formation, and the changing of transport pattern may remodel urban land using pattern. So, the characteristics of urban land using pattern are the most important influencing factor in the choice of sustainable transport pattern. Thirdly, Based on the detailed analysis of urban land using pattern characteristics of Guangzhou, the author analyses the mutual choice between urban land using pattern and urban transport pattern in Guangzhou. In section 4, the author expatiates on the other four important factors in the selection of sustainable urban transport pattern; they are auto industry policy of China, energy sources, urban environment and the sustainability of transport means. At last, based on the detailed analysis of the characteristics of urban land using pattern in Guangzhou, combining with the other four factors, the author puts forward the sustainable transport pattern of Guangzhou: public traffic first, moderate development of car and bicycle, energy saving and environment protecting green transport pattern.
|
|
Received: 18 December 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005, Vol. 20 
