IAU Ile de France

Speaker Biograghy: As a Spatial Planner, mainly for the Ile-de-France/Paris Region, Etienne has carried out numerous studies at all levels, from local to inter-regional. For 20 years he has particularly developed an international expertise on airports, their negative and positive impacts, their metropolitan role, and the conditions of their good integration in their territories. He has made a permanent international benchmark on these themes. Some of his studies and publications: The Territorial Challenges of Airports - in Aeropolis Report 2010; The Airport City, yes, but… - In PCM 'Airport Cities' 2010; Airports and Territories - Les Cahiers de l’IAURIF Special Issue 2004; The Socio-economic Impact of the Ile-de-France Airports - For Airports of Paris ADP - 2003; Airport City and Regional Embeddedness - European project COFAR 2001; The Alternative Airport Capacities - With ADP, for the European Commission - 1999; Airports as Catalysts of Metropolitan Development - International Association 'Metropolis'- 1999.


Day 1 - 25 March
Session:
Airport Cities and Transport Connections


12:00 - 12:30 - Airport city versus airport?
Synopsis: A correct balance must be found between: A) The metropolitan/regional impact of the airport (its role as economic driver for the whole region), which needs to be maximised, good connections with the major regional poles; B) Its technopolitan impact (its capacity to attract activities in its surrounding area at different scales: airport city, airport area, airport corridor), which must be carefully organised and controlled because it induces risks of regional imbalance and for the airport functioning itself (congestion of access infrastructures, limitation of development potential, etc).

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