does the Shinkansen contribute to dispersion?
Author InfoKomei Sasaki (Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira 2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-77, Japan) Tadahiro Ohashi (Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira 2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-77, Japan) Asao Ando (Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira 2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-77, Japan) Abstract This paper intends to evaluate impacts of high-speed rail transit, i.e., Shinkansen network in Japan on spatial dispersion of economic activities and population. For doing so, a simple supply-oriented regional econometric model is constructed, and simulation analyses are carried out for alternative hypothetical scenarios of the Shinkansen network. The results show that denser Shinkansen network will not necessarily contribute to regional dispersion.
