FROM AIRPORT TO AIRPORT CITY

Contents





Foreword by Jordi Julià Sort and Bob Verburg 6


Introduction by Jack Short 7





From airport to airport city 11


1. New cities at the regional and global interface 23


2. Airport systems for metropolitan areas 37


3. A new airport image 47


4. From airport to airport city 59


5. Light rail and "Fastway" 75


6. Airport hardware 85


7. The downtown airport 93


8. The domain of the airport 109


9. Airport interchange 123


10. Opportunities in the airport area 141


11. A city without territory 159


12. An unusual planning task 177





Glossary and abbreviations 184


Bibliography 186


Credits 188


Acknowledgments 189


Biography 190

Airports are not just airports any more. Forgoing their status as simple traffic machines, airports can rightly be considered as decisive for the transfomation of the metropolitan area. Propelled by a series of strategic investments, they have assumed a key position in High Speed Train and railway networks, a position until recently reserved for central stations alone. Being the undisputed interfaces of entire European regions, airports become centres of activity within them, new regional development poles, or simply "airport cities". But the self-confidence with which many airport operators expand the scope of their activities in relation to these new oportunities is not yet reflected in airport planning. Most plans for airport cities are still designed according to the logic of an efficient airport infrastructure.

This book collates and deciphers the evidence of these proceses, based on experience in Europe major airport regions. It presents a vision of the influence of airports in rearranging landside traffic networks and in reorganising the territory of the metropolitan area. And it develops a new framework for airport planning, one that allows for participation in the shaping of this highly dynamic motor of urban development.