Strategic airport planning /
Robert E. Caves, Geoffrey D. Gosling.
- 1st ed.
- Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 1999.
- xiii, 451 p.
1.Introduction -- 2.The evolving context of airport planning -- 3.Towards a strategic view of planning -- 4.Understanding aviation system behaviour -- 5.Community response to airport development -- 6.Economics of airport development -- 7.Regional airport system planning -- 8.National airport system planning -- 9.United States experience -- 10.The United Kingdom case -- 11.The European Union case -- 12.National airport planning case -- 13.Competing roles for airports -- 14.Towards improved strategic planning -- 15.Conclusions.
The role of an airport within the air transport system used to be largely incontestable. This book examines various pressures in order to identify changes that are required to the airport planning process. It discusses such issues as: forecasting in an uncertain world; airport market share; airline network choices; and more.