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SUMMARY:Railways and population: spatial interactions - Eduard Alvarez (Po
 lytechnic University of Catalonia\, Spain) and Professor Jordi Marti Henne
 berg (University of Lleida\, Spain)
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DESCRIPTION:This work presents case studies that quantify the different im
 pacts that the railway network has had upon population geography since the
  mid-19th century. The use of HGIS techniques has been a key element in th
 ese studies\, facilitating both data storage and the development of spatia
 l models. It helped us to obtain a series of qualitative and quantitative 
 indicators that help us to understand the spatial expansion of the railway
  network. The themes examined here include: the geopolitical role of railw
 ays as an instrument for controlling boundary's stability\; the interrelat
 ionship between access to railway transport and population growth\; the co
 rrelation between access to the rail network and the growth of GDP\; the i
 nfluence of local railway networks in shaping metropolitan areas\; and how
  urban growth has been conditioned by the location of railway stations.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 5\, Faculty of History
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