Airports and Regional Development

by Chunyan Yu (Editor), James Peoples (Editor)

Overview

The first airport was built at College Park Maryland, USA in 1909. Since the initial construction of that structure the number of airports worldwide has grown to over 40,000. These facilities served over 8.7 billion passengers and handled over 102 million tonnes of cargo in 2023. Airports stimulate economic growth by creating direct, indirect and induced job opportunities and facilitating tourism and trade.

The presence of a functioning airport is therefore a key component of regional development, however most of the literature on regional development fails to include this vital growth determinant. This volume contributes to the literature on regional development by examining the economic effect of airports on regional growth. Chapter contributions have an international focus with analyses including examination of regional development in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, as well as regional development in rural areas. Chapters also recognize the external costs associated with the growth in airport operations. These chapters on external costs will provide an international appraisal of the need for carbon-neutrality and sustainability.

Airports and Regional Development provides a holistic approach toward the analysis of airports and regional development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781836088011
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/22/2025
Series:	Advances in Airline Economics , #12
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Chunyan Yu is Professor of Air Transport Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.

James Peoples is Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: Airports and Regional Development; Chunyan Yu and James Peoples
Chapter 2. Regional Economic Effects of Airport and High-Speed Rail Connections; Wei Zou, Pinghan Liang, and Xinhan Jiao
Chapter 3. The Role of Airports in Sustainable Regional Development: Insights from Turkish Airports; Ferhan K. Sengur
Chapter 4. Air Transport and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe; Sonia Huderek-Glapska and Peter Forsyth
Chapter 5. Airport City and Aerotropolis: Concepts and Implications for Development; Iva Bulatovic and Andreas Papatheodorou
Chapter 6. The Role of Air Transportation for Societal Resilience and Future Development in Rural Areas; Christine Große and Pär Olausson
Chapter 7. Spatial and Airport Heterogeneity in Linking Airports to Regional Economic Growth: A European Analysis; Felix Pot and Sierdjan Koster
Chapter 8. Airline Hubs and Local Economic Outcomes in the USA; Marquise J. McGraw and Natasha Kallish
Chapter 9. General Aviation and the Local Economy in the United States; Chunyan Yu and Sohee Yoo
Chapter 10. An International Outlook on the Need for Carbon-Neutral and Sustainable Airports; Narendra N. Dalei, Avin Shekhar Chourasia, and Yash Pal