Linked below are selected publications by Dr. John Kasarda addressing the basics of airport city and aerotropolis planning and development as well as articles on his work and that of Aerotropolis Business Concepts LLC. A more comprehensive set of publications can be found at www.aerotropolis.com.
The aerotropolis as a new urban form is highlighted along with its value proposition for firms and urban regions.
The opportunities and challenges of developing Sydney’s second commercial airport are discussed. Recommendations and action steps are proposed to construct an aerotropolis around it as well as make the new airport financially viable.
The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone (Zhengzhou Aerotropolis) is developing around runways to become an efficient and thriving logistics hub.
The world’s most ambitious aerotropolis that is being developed in Zhengzhou, China is discussed along with China’s aggressive airport construction agenda.
China is engaged in an airport construction boom that is transforming the country. The relative financial merits of the construction boom are discussed in terms of cost and ultimate returns to local and regional economies.
Airports have become not just 21st century business magnets, but also regional economic accelerators, catalyzing and driving business development outward for many miles.
Modern commercial airports have become more than landing strips. Today they are important hubs of commerce developing on and around them.
Aerotropolis planning principles are provided to improve (1) people and logistics mobility, (2) airport area land use and community development, and (3) firm and regional competitiveness. Focus is on creating new "economies of speed" in goods and services trade through better local and global aerotropolis connectivity with coordinated business siting.
The 21st century is bringing competitive advantage to cities that understand and capitalize on the changing context of business mobility and commercial development. This context is being altered by a catalytic interaction of digitization, globalization, and aviation transforming where and the way business is conducted. It is also transforming the pace and distances that products and people routinely traverse. These dynamics have heightened competition among places as well as firms around the world
Airport City and aerotropolis development is gaining substantial traction, multiplying rapidly around the world. With cities now being built around airports, rather than the reverse, propitious opportunities await metropolitan regions that can marshal the vision, planning skills, and coordinated actions to capitalize on them.
Time Magazine, 2011
John D. Kasarda
John D. Kasarda
John D. Kasarda
John D. Kasarda
John D. Kasarda
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