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ADES; Airports as drivers of Economic Succes in Peripheral Regions
Auteurs
Department of Sciences for Architecture (DSA) – University of Genoa, Italy:
Professor Maria Linda Falcidieno, Full Professor of Drawing and Survey, Director of DSA
Prof. Arch. Mosè Ricci, Full Professor of Urban Design
Dr. Arch. Federica Alcozer
Arch. Sara Favargiotti, Researcher
Arch. Romina Ghezzi
Arch. Beatrice Moretti
BAK Basel Economics, AG, Switzerland:
Prof. Dr. Urs Müller, Director and Chief Economist
Christoph Strueby, Research Associate
Larissa Müller, Research
Associate Knowledge and Innovation Intermediaries Consulting Ltd (KiNNO), Greece:
Yiannis Geragotellis, Managing Partner
Dr. Konstantinos Fouskas
Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland:
Professor Hannu Tervo
Dr. Kirsi Mukkala, Research coordinator
Kari Itkonen, Researcher
Pekka Pyyny, Research assistant
With local stakeholders input by:
Arch. Antonio Schizzi, Provincia di Savona, Italy
Stathis Papachristopoulos, Vice Director for Regional Development Funds, Greece
Laura Ahonen, Project Manager, European Officer City of Jyväskylä, Finland
With further input by:
Tietoykkönen, Finland
Type
Onderzoeksrapport
Jaar van publicatie
2013
Samenvatting
Are airports drivers of economic success in peripheral regions, as the title of this project suggests? Of course, the answer is neither a clear “yes” nor a blunt “no”. As often in a complex world, the answer is closer to “it depends”.
The main results indicate:
that accessibility in general is an important location factor;
that for some remote regions, airports with enough scheduled flights are crucial for economic development;
that in these cases the bottleneck usually is not lacking infrastructure but lacking scheduled flights to relevant destinations;
that the limiting factor (or bottleneck) for economic prosperity is often not accessibility but rather the availability of qualified manpower;
that it is better to use a larger airport in a neighbouring region than to develop an airport of its own (if accessible within some three hours);
that not all existing airports are needed – some of them can be closed and the territory used for something more efficient; - that the airports still needed and used can very often be improved (to make them more attractive);
that good policy can make a difference
Bron: ESPON