History 162A, 001 - Fall 2014
Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914 - David Wetzel
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Other countries have decades of experience living with HSR and observing how it has influenced their urban economies. While HSR has broad, and often difficult to quantify, economic impacts, experiences from the Europe and Japan suggest that HSR can increase productivity and competitiveness by reducing the "time/space relationship" between cities. This panel will explore the economic impacts of HSR projects abroad and offer timely lessons for California to maximize the economic benefits of HSR for our state.
Moderator: Schera Zekri-Chevallet
Director Business Development - Non European markets
SNCF - France
"HSR and Interurban Mobility: Who Are the Winners?"
Yves Crozet Professor
Institute of Transport Economics (LET)
University of Lyon - France
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Li is author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants. A Beijing native and graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has received numerous awards. In 2007, Granta named her one of the best young American novelists under 35, and in 2010, The New Yorker named her one of the top 20 writers under 40. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Best American Short Stories among others. She teaches writing at UC Davis.
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