Airport Planning & Development Handbook: A Global Survey - Hardcover

Dempsey, Paul Stephen

9780071343169: Airport Planning & Development Handbook: A Global Survey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071343164 ISBN 13: 9780071343169

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999

Practical ideas on every major aspect of airport design and construction. Moving beyond the FAS's and ICAO's standard models, Airport Planning & Development Handbook: A Global Survey helps planners develop the infrastructure for efficiently and cost-effectively moving the global village's people and commodities. Author Paul Stephen Dempsey, a renowned expert on airports, airlines, and transportation law - has packed this guide with eye-opening case studies that draw on the experience of the planners and developers of projects on every continent. The Handbook takes you through each planning step, including organization and design, touching on all essential questions so you can... *See the future of airport growth as a result of air traffic pattern changes and other factors *Work through issues such as noise abatement and air pollution, siting constraints, and the politics of airport development *Analyze airport financing and support issues *Integrate connecting transportation modes *And much, much more

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From the Back Cover:

Create tomorrow's airports today, using this uniquely case study-packed guide. From a renowned expert on airports, airlines, and transportation law comes this comprehensive hands-on manual for anyone involved in planning, designing, or developing airports. A closeup on the details of major international projects around the world, it is a storehouse of practical lessons on every major aspect of creating airports. In addition to providing working answers to all essential project development questions, this indispensable manual helps you avoid or solve blind-side problems, such as airline attempts to manipulate the project or the discovery of design flaws. Airport Planning & Development Handbook is destined to be a vital part of planners' and designers' toolkits--and any manager's reference library--for many years to come.

About the Author:

Paul Stephen Dempsey is Professor of Law and Director of the Transportation Law Program at the University of Denver. He is also Vice Chairman and Director of Frontier Airlines, and editorial columnist for the Denver Business Journal.

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