Freight generation and movement patterns are not well understood by planners and policy-
makers tasked with making complex strategic land use and transport planning decisions. In …

Our research examines the role of airports in regional development. Specifically, we
examine two things:(1) the factors associated with whether or not a metro will have an …

Local governments own and operate most large US commercial airports. They have long
considered air traffic development and airport expansions as essential tools to support …

Background: Airports are essential drivers of spatial development; hence the placement of
logistics facilities relative to airports is a topical subject. Despite the wealth of the literature …

This paper emphasizes the relationship between cities and (transport) flows and critically
explores the question of how this relationship has changed over time. It ties in with the …

The aerotropolis—a metropolitan region with cities that capitalize on proximity to a globally
networked economy's airport—is regarded as the twenty-first century's new urban …

ABSTRACT This study of Accra Airport City explores the application and potential of the
airport-city concept in an African context, and reveals that besides implementing a national …

Against the background of growing aviation and protests against air traffic in many countries,
we employ a factorial survey experiment to examine the social acceptance of airport …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: In the 1990s, the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) prohibited airport sponsors (local authorities managing airports) from diverting airport …

Academic and industrial literature highlight the importance of airport-driven development
(ADD) for the 21st Century. Several different types of ADD concepts have been defined …