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