CONNECT / SPECIALIZE / SUSTAIN
AEROTROPOLIS:
TRADE – russian trade routes 12c.-13c.
Pitts (1979)
CITIES
CITIES – trade and exchange
CITIES – city to city
CITIES – win and lose
point-to-point
NETWORKS
point-to-point hub-and-spoke
NETWORKS
point-to-point hub-and-spoke
NETWORKS
INTERNETAVIATION
AVIATION
AVIATION - supply chain - iPhone
IRVINE, CA
•GPS chips
•wifi chips
•bluetooth chips
WOBURN, MA
•wireless chipsGENEVA
•accelerometer chips
•gyroscope chips
GERMANY
•receiversJAPAN
•compass chips
KOREA
•DRMA memory
•flash memory
•condensers
•batteries
•A4 processors
TAICHUNG
•glass display
•camera module
•touch panels
SHENZHEN
•assembly plant
HONG KONG
•transhipment
MOSCOW
AMSTERDAM
•transhipment
world trade (by value) moved by air (2% by weight)40%
Dubai World Central - dwc.ae
AVIATION
CHANGE - annual global flights 6%
Source: Eurocontrol
AVIATION
5%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Growth in passenger numbers by market
Source: Eurocontrol
Source: Eurocontrol
Air Transport:
1.6% of world GHG emissions
ENVIRONMENT – greenhouse gases (global)
ENVIRONMENT – fuel consumption
airport
traditional city
CITY + AIRPORT
fringe development
periphery
airport
AEROTROPOLIS
connect specialize sustain
airport
periphery
aerotropolis
traditional city
airportairport
periphery
connect specialize sustain
periphery
AEROTROPOLIS + energy challenge
aerotropolis
traditional city
airportairport
AEROTROPOLIS + energy challenge
connect specialize sustain
periphery
aerotropolis
traditional city
AIRPORT CITY
SHOP
Rotzler Krebs Partner GmbH
AEROTROPOLIS – connect / specialize / sustain
jobs supported by each scheduled long-haul air service3000 “Economics of an Airport Hub City”
K. Button / S. Lall
Cairo Airport City - AECOM
JOBS
7:1 high-value job creation in aerotropolis vs. legacy downtown
The Squaire Frankfurt - JSK Architekten’s
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Hyderabad Airport City- AECOM
10% =increase in passengers increase in regional economy
2%(York Consulting 2003)
REGIONAL ECONOMY
people living within 20-minutes of an airport1:6
Madrid Barajas - AECOM
URBAN PATTERN
Thames Estuary Hub – Foster + Partners
New London Hub – Thames Estuary - circa
But what about 2012 – 2030? 2030
CRISIS of CONNECTIVITY
airport
or
aerotropolis?
New Moscow Hub - Domodedovo 2030
CRISIS of CONNECTIVITY
CONNECT / SPECIALIZE / SUSTAIN