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Editorial: "Airports
and surrounding areas"
THE
DIFFICULT ISSUE OF AIRPORTS IN ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
AIR TRANSPORT, DYNAMISM AND FRAGILITY
Air transport: Île-de-France in its context
Understanding how hubs work
International air traffic and regional airports
AIRPORTS: STRUCTURING CENTRES IN THE REGIONAL
LANDSCAPE
From the aerodrome to the airport city - the impact of airports
on the areas in which they are located
Roissy, a highly dynamic development centre in a difficult
context
Plaine de France, an area where decisions are impossible ?
A retrospective of town planning in the Roissy- Charles-de-Gaulle
sector
Inter-municipality mobilisation around Orly Airport: looking
for the right compromise
TRAVEL AND MOBILITY: FROM THE AIR TRANSPORT
HUB TO THE LAND TRANSPORT HUB
Surface accessibility to airports
Urban Travel Plan - The CDG hub project
Very high speed Europe and air-rail passenger intermodality
Air freight and intermodality
AIRPORTS AT THE SERVICE OF INHABITANTS AND
OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY
The economic impact of the Île-de-France airports
Local taxation generated by airport activities
The disparity of the effects of drive from the airports on
their surrounding areas
Employment and training in the sector of Roissy: an active
partnership at the service of everyone
NOISE AND POLLUTION: THE CHALLENGE OF ACHIEVING
CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY
Airport noise and pollution: reality and perception
Inconvenience due to noise close to airports: another approach,
another policy
The objective of an ecological airport: environmental management
at airports
Action by a county council: the council of the department
of Val-d'Oise
GOVERNANCE, AND CONSULTATION: THE
DIFFICULT ART OF COMPROMISE
Development of airport infrastructures: the impossible debate
?
The difficult governance of the airport development in Europe
The search for the elusive new runway for South East England
Consultation Dutch-style: a model that works?
Metropolitan governance, airport governance: players and issues
in Île-de-France
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AIR TRANSPORT, DYNAMISM AND FRAGILITY
Air transport, which really “took off”
after the Second World War, has been a major vector in the development
of international trade. But the three years of recession that
it has just been through remind us of how extremely sensitive
it is to the economic climate1. Since their trade is labour-intensive,
airlines are very fragile, even during periods of growth. It
can be said that the accumulated losses suffered by the airlines
over the last three years correspond to their total profits
since the Second World War. But the development of international
trade gives air transport an essential economic role, and the
growth in traffic has resumed. The recession has changed the
deal considerably and the landscape of world alliances is starting
to stabilise. After the boom and the increase in the number
of companies that followed deregulation of air transport in
Europe in 1993, the current recession is encouraging a vast
process of re-concentration. It can be reckoned that, with the
demise of the regional companies, two main models will exist
in Europe: integrated major airline centres based on main and
secondary hub strategies, and low-cost companies operating as
free electrons, specialised in point-to-point transport. It
should also be noted that the European Union is increasingly
involved in the regulation of and in the policy conducted for
air transport. Gérard Borel addresses this subject.
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Author
Etienne BERTHON - IAURIF |
