AIRPORTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The first section of this book contains the conclusions of the OECD sector group on the urban environment concerning the impact of airport development on urban growth and the environment. The chapters are entitled as follows:- (1) Aviation up to 1990; (2) Aircraft noise and man; (3) How to reduce aircraft noise; (4) The management of airport planning; (5) A programme of studies for locating an airport; (6) A theoretical discussion of the effects of an airport on its region; (7) Finding sites for major airports e.g. Oslo, Copenhaben and Osaka; (8) A project under construction: Paris; (9) A project subsequently abandoned: Maplin (London); (10) The expansion of existing airports: Frankfurt and Zurick; (11) An expansion halted: Kennedy, New York; (12) Airport and new town in Sweden; (13) Abating noise: a Swiss approach; (14) Airports and ecology in Canada. Appendices cover the social and economic impact of aircraft noise and also the economic and urbanisation /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  2, rue André Pascal
  Paris,   France  75775 Paris Cedex 16
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 290 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Aircraft noise; Airport planning; Airports; Construction; Development; Dwellings; Ecology; Economics; Environment; Expansion; Forecasting; Location; Noise; Noise control; Planning; Regional planning; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airport construction; Building sites; Decreases; Noise reduction
• Old TRIS Terms: Airport development
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 9009: Decrease; 9013: Development; 308: Dwelling; 255: Economics; 9061: Location; 1063: Railway network; 359: Regional planning; 2253: Sociology; 6748: Sound; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Economics; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142461
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM