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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”
23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
Urban Transition in the Catchment Areas of Metro Lines in Ho Chi Minh City:
A Case Study of Metro Line 1
Topic number: 07. Paper Identification number: AYRF2019-030
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Le Thi KIEU , Dao Chi VO , Minh Thong NGUYEN
1 Department of Sustainable Urban Development, Faculty of Engineering,
Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam
Telephone: 0084-274-2220990
E-mail: kts.kieule@gmail.com
2 Research Center of Environment,
Southern Institute of Social Sciences, Vietnam
Telephone: 0084-28- 38234039
E-mail: vodaochi@hotmail.com
3 Vietnamese-German Transport Research Centre,
Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam
Telephone: 0084-274-2220990
E-mail: thong.nm@vgtrc.vgu.edu.vn
Abstract
In order to reduce traffic congestion, protracted journey times, extreme pollution, and traffic
accidents, Ho Chi Minh City has started developing a metro network which is one of the biggest urban
projects over the last two decades. Due to the complex of this project, certain studies have been carried out
in multidisciplinary fields; however, there have been limited reviews on the changes in the catchment areas
of the stations of this network, which might reveal useful findings for urban planning and managing process
in relation to the development of this new metro network. According to that, Metro Line 1 is chosen as the
case study of this paper due to its priority in construction within the Metro Network project of Ho Chi Minh
City. Since it aims to connect the city core with the other areas towards the North East, the route stretches
over several districts where urban transitions can be seen in multi-aspects. In the scope of this paper, two
aspects of urban transitions are considered including population and land cover. Therefore, the research
questions concern the coverage and categorization of the catchment areas of the stations of Metro Line 1 and
urban transitions through the lens of population and land cover. From multiple methods, this paper defines
and groups the catchment areas of the stations of Metro Line 1 following Circular Buffer approach and their
features respectively. By analyzing the changes in population density over the two decades, it is commonly
seen a growth in number of residents in these areas. A transition in land cover is also interpreted by its rising
cover percentages for built areas in general.
Keywords: Urban transition, Metro Line, Catchment area, Ho Chi Minh City
1. Introduction the catchment areas of the stations of this network,
The Metro Network is one of the biggest which might reveal useful findings for planning and
urban development projects in Ho Chi Minh City managing process of urban development in the city
(HCMC) over the last 2 decades. It is expected to in relation to the development of the new metro
help reduce traffic congestion, protracted journey network.
times, extreme pollution, and traffic accidents.
According to that, Metro Line 1 is chosen as
Due to the complex of this project, certain the case study of this paper due to its priority in
studies have been carried out in multidisciplinary, construction among the lines in Metro Network
such as the willingness to pay of residents [1] or project of HCMC. Since it aims to connect the city
technology to build the tunnel lines [2]. However, core with the other parts towards the North East, this
there have been limited reviews on the changes in
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