Apart from the primal functions like handling passengers, freight and
aircrafts, airports nowadays play a strategic role in regional
development and are key facilities for the competitiveness of any
territory. On the one hand they are engines for economic activity and
create direct and indirect employment. Beside their function as
intermodal transport nodes modern airports nowadays are surrounded by
hotels and shopping facilities, provide office space and conference
rooms. Airports on the other hand are sources of diverse environmental
influence and certain land use forms are excluded in their direct
vicinities . The term “airportcity” describes a new understanding of
airports as dynamic centers of activity for travelling, shopping,
business, leisure and even housing. |
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