- Hardback - Number of Pages: 883 pages
- Dimensions: 162.56 x 231.14 x 50.8mm - 1,360.77g
- Publication date: 01 Nov 2002
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint: MCGRAW-HILL Professional
- Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Review by Ashraf Jan Professors de Neufville and Odani use real world examples to convincingly show the context for airport planning and design is changing fundamentally. No longer limited to technical aspects in the 21st Century, airport planners and designers should cultivate new and critical thinking on such issues as profitability, revenues, and user services. The authors have taught airport system planning both at MIT and to airport professionals for a quarter century. Both have served as consultants to airports and civil aviation organizations, worldwide. From this extensive experience, they provide excellent guidance to a wide audience. FAA Advisory Circulars and ICAO Design Manuals contain general airport planning and design standards. The thrust of the authors' approach is that the new context for airport system planning is commercial, no longer limited to narrow technical aspects. Influences such as airline deregulation, airport and airline privatization, a global airport industry, and advan...