Since a long time that attention is paid to the economic impact of transport systems over the regional development, air infrastructures in particular. In general, the regional impacts generated by the existence of an infrastructure, such as an airport, will be greater the more services it offers and the wider the range of destinations it allows. However, this relationship may be non-linear, mainly because from a commercial point of view airlines will provide prior flights to the most attractive destinations than to the ones less important.
The related size and the endogenous characteristics are important too, as new economy activities will be attracted easier to larger regions with a significant population amount and an important market area than to smaller ones sparsely populated and with a weak entrepreneurship dynamic. Indeed, those territories not only offer a wider potentially suitable labour market but also provide a larger one for goods and services produced. So the overall conclusion is that, within limits, air transport stimulates further growth in the economy but it is also fostered by the dimension of the hinterland itself, which adds to the airport management a requirement of strategic marketing.
In addition, more recent studies open the door for the analysis of different infrastructure effects depending on the stage of development of the country or region. This is the concept of effect of complementary infrastructure that in fact opens the door to the assessment of pitfalls resulting from local development impacts, as well as to the discussion over appraisal methods. This discussion is very recent and, despite had been hosted by international forums it should indeed be object of further research.
Thus this Special Session named Air Transport and Local Development (ZL SS) precisely wants to discuss how an Air Transport infrastructure may (or not) act as a Local Development catalyst and what are the key requisites to achieve such objective.
Additional Information
- The Special Session Organizer is providing the publication of some or all the submitted papers
- Papers (exceptionally, extended abstracts) should be submitted using both ERSA 2011 Congress Participant Area and Special Session Organizer email address (jmiguel@ubi.pt), and should follow the guidelines provided by the Organizing Committee
- Papers: abstract (included) with 350 words maximum; text with 20 pages/10.000 words maximum; formatting: Times New Roman 12pt, 1.5
rows spacing, 2.5cm margins - Papers should be carefully prepared so that they can be included in the congress USB stick without alterations except for editorial amendments purposes
- Authors must indicate that they wish to submit the related paper to the Special Session (ZL SS) on Air Transport and Local Development.
- Deadlines
- 4 March 2011: Submission of papers (exceptionally, extended abstracts), both to ERSA website and to Special Session Organizer)
- 29 April 2011: Notification of acceptance of papers
- 21 May 2011: Registration at reduced fee
- 10 June 2011: Final registration for inclusion in the official program
- Special Session Organizer
Jorge Miguel dos Reis Silva
Aerospace Sciences Department
University of Beira Interior
Covilhã, Portugal
jmiguel@ubi.pt
Fonte:
Departamento de Ciências Aeroespaciais