摘要: |
This conference presentation discusses the institutional response to environmental constraints in the aviation industry. The discussion begins with the positing of three central truths about planning and building airport capacity in the 21st century: (1) Airports have a broader adverse impact on more people who typically do not share in the benefits of its operation, or at least don't perceive that they do, than any other large public facility with the possible exception of a jail or a prison; (2) Airports are the only polluting activity of any real consequence, at least to the transportation sector, where the principle point sources of pollution, air and noise, are essentially unregulated; and (3) The air transportation system in general, and the ownership and operating responsibility for airports in particular, are thoroughly balkanized, more so than in any other transportation sector, even railroads. |