Highway Network Connectivity, Traffic Flow Pattern, and Economic Development of China's Hainan Island

Abstract

Abstract A four-stage economic development plan was formulated in 1987 to drive Hainan's economy to the level of ‘middle-level’ developed nations by 2007. This study is an analysis of Hainan's highway network, the chief mode of transportation of the Island's bus passengers and freight movement. A number of graph indices were used to measure connectivity of the highway network through eight time periods and to describe dispersion pattern of the bus passenger...