Spatial Implications and Planning Criteria for High-Speed Rail Cities and Regions

José Maria de Ureñais Emeritus Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of Castilla La Mancha. He has served as the Rector of the University of Cantabria and President of the Santander Group of European Universities. He has worked and contacted research at several leading universities across Europe and USA. His research includes planning for riverfront areas, urban regeneration, spatial implications of high-speed rail, design of public spaces, metropolitan multicentric regions, and teaching/learning methods.

Chia-Lin Chen is Lecturer in Urban Planning at Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool. Her main research interests lie in exploring the relationship between transport and territorial dynamism across different spatial scales, seeking potential solutions through the role of design, integrated strategic planning and assessment, and multi-level institutional governance.

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Associate Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Her interests are in the areas of urban design and transportation. She is the author or editor of nine books and over 100 papers on issues dealing with planning, transportation, and urban design.

Roger Vickerman is Emeritus Professor of European Economics, University of Kent and Visiting Professor, Transport Strategy Centre, Imperial College London. He is the author of 6 books and over 200 papers. He was Editor in Chief, Transport Policy 2010-2016 and is Editor in Chief of Elsevier’s Encyclopaedia of Transportation.