Airport Cities & the Aerotropolis: New Planning Models
April, 2007
Appears in Airport Innovation
Airports have traditionally been viewed as places where aircraft operate and passengers and cargo transit. This traditional understanding is
giving way to a broader, more encompassing model which recognizes the fact that along with their core aeronautical infrastructure and
services, virtually all major airports have incorporated a wide variety of non-aeronautical facilities and services.
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Airport Cities: The Evolution
Foreword
2008
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Airport Cities and the Aerotropolis
Chapter 2: Airport City Pioneers
About Airport Cities
Rise of the Aerotropolis
July/August 2006
Appears in Fast Company
As competition shrinks the globe, the world is building giant airport-cities. They
look monstrous to American eyes — and that could be a problem.
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The New Model
August 2006
Appears in Airport World Magazine
The new model recognizes the fact that in addition to their core aeronautical infrastructure and
services, major airports have developed significant nonaeronautical commercial facilities, services and revenue
streams. At the same time they are extending their formal reach and impact well beyond airport boundaries.
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The Rise of the Aerotropolis
2006
Appears in The Next American City
Airports are no longer simply places where airplanes land and passengers and cargo
transit. Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport ia a case in point. About 58,000 people are daily
employed on the airport grounds. Its passenger terminal—containing an expansive
mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment arcades—doubles as a suburban mall that is
accessible both to air travelers and the general public. Amsterdam residents regularly
shop and relax in the airport's public section, especially on Sundays and at night when
most city stores are closed.
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The 2004 Global Infrastructure Report
September 2004
Appears in Site Selection
Corporate logistics requirements have airport cities morphing into "aerotropoli"; seaports are deepening
channels for tomorrow's superfreighters; and bridge, tunnel and road projects will fix bottlenecks in
the movement of people and freight.
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From Airport City to Aerotropolis
August/September 2001
Appears in Airport World Magazine
An increasingly fast-paced, economically-networked world is changing the rules of industrial competition
and business location.
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Planning the Aerotropolis
October/November, 2000
Appears in Airport World Magazine
Airport planners are not just planning airports. The economic impact of airports means that they
often help to form and shape cities. Henry Canaday talks to John Kasarda, director
of the Kenan Institute at the University of North Carolina.
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Logistics & the Rise of the Aerotropolis
Winter, 2000/2001
Appears in Real Estate Issue
More than a decade ago, futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that by the beginning of the 21st
century one indisputable law would determine competitive success: survival of the fastest.
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Charting the Future
Winter 2007
Appears in HUB - the magazine of the Memphis Logistics Council
Memphis boasts the assets to become a top-class aerotropolis — and the
leader in worldwide logistics management.
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Aerotropoli: Airport Cities
January, 2007
Article by Max Moore-Wilton, AC
Chairman, Sydney Airport Corporation Limited
Chairman, Macquire Airports Management Limited
Last month the New York Times nominated the "aerotropolis" as one of the "Ideas of 2006."
It seems that everyone is talking aerotropoli or aerotropolises: it is an idea whose time
has come.
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Aerotropolis - the large airport of the Future
Article by Von Wilhelm Bender
* in German
Airport Cities are economic shining towers, job engines, points of attraction for industrial
settlements, an ideal situation for real estate networks and business connections and
at the same time present a positive image for municipalities and regions, improving scientific
structures without stopping national subsidies.
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Size Doesn't Matter
March, 2007
Dr John Kasarda explains how a smaller Brazilian airport aims to revive its fortunes by transforming
itself into an airport city.
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Blueprint for The Future
March, 2007
Dr John Kasarda reports on Hyderabad's plans to create one of the world's great airport cities at
its new $390 million gateway.
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Speaking Volumes
Led by a convergence of aviation, globalization, digitisation and time-based competition, the worlds of air
commerce and supply chain management are rapidly merging.
Awaiting...the aerotropolis
For very long our airports have been deliberately planned outside city limits. One can’t say they have been
neglected, but surely they were never top priority. But going by some important facts, it’s compelling to
take a re-look. Consider this: 40 per cent of the value of world trade now goes by air (and
this is just under 2 per cent of the total trade, by weight).
Airport Cities and the Aerotropolis
Airports have historically been understood as places where aircraft operate, including the runways, control
towers, terminals, hangers and other facilities which directly serve aircraft, passengers and cargo. This
historical understanding is giving way to a broader, more encompassing concept which recognizes the fact
that in addition to their core aeronautical infrastructure and services, virtually all major airports have
increasingly developed non-aeronautical commercial facilities and services. Air Cargo, Liberalization, and Economic Development
Led by a convergence of aviation, globalization, digitization, and time-based competition, the worlds of
commerce and supply chain management are rapidly changing.
Air Cargo, Liberalization, and Economic Development
Led by a convergence of aviation, globalization, digitization, and time-based competition, the worlds of commerce and
supply chain management are rapidly changing. New economy products (typically small, light, compact, high value-to-weight
parts, components and assembled products) are increasingly shipped internationally by air in a fast and flexible manner.
In the new speed-driven, globally-networked economy, individual companies are no longer the effective competing units.
Time-Based Competition & Industrial Location in the Fast Century
What opportunities and challenges await the 21st century industry? The picture is becoming clearer by the day. Commercial
borders will effectively supplant national borders. Global sourcing will predominate as advanced telecommunications
and transportation technologies allow a wide geographic dispersion of component manufacturing sites and places of
final assembly, predicated on raw material availability, labor costs and skills, and markets.
Logistics, Strategy and Structure
The competitive environment for manufacturing firms has changed drastically in the past ten to 15 years. Customers
in geographically dispersed, emerging and established global markets now demand higher quality products at lower cost in a shorter
time. As a result, firms have been forced to reorganize their manufacturing activities and realign their global strategies.
Innovative Infrastructure for Agile Manufacturers
Increased global competition means that industry and government must work together
to ensure that manufacturers have support networks of transportation, telecommunications, services,
and knowledge centers.
Enterprise Logistics in the Information Era
Today's competitive pressures require goods-producing firms to simultaneously manage mmultiple cross-organizational
information and material flows in order to source, manufacture, and deliver their products better, faster, and cheaper.
This change has precipitated a radical shift in our thinking about the architecture of production, the importance of traditional supply
chain relationships, and, most importantly, the role of logistics.
2007
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February, 2007
Appears on www.business-standard.com
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July 26, 2006
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July, 2005
Appears in Annals of Air and Space Law
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July, 2005
Appears in Annals of Air and Space Law
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Winter, 1999
Appears in Real Estate Issues
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1998
Appears in International Journal of Operations & Production Management
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Winter, 1998
Appears in Sloan Management Review
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Summer, 1997
Appears in California Management Review
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