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NEW GLOBAL AIRPORT PLANNING SURVEY TO LAUNCH BEGINNING MAY 2010

16 March 2010 for immediate release:

An “Airport Region Research Survey” will be launched at the beginning of May by a research team based at UNSW FBE as part of the Airport Metropolis Research Project to support the ‘spatial synthesis’ research component.

Airports (including gateway Australian airports) will be approached for facts and opinions regarding the planning implications of their operations. Most airports in the sample will have an annual passenger throughput exceeding one million passengers.

The survey requires filling in and submitting an online form, and covers a range of questions subdivided into the following main sections:

1. Basics: operational and airport employment statistics.
2. Management and Governance: corporate organisation and self-assessment.
3. Master planning: current status and consultation processes.
4. Land: development objectives and models, non-aeronautical development and future needs.
5. Local planning: interactions with local land use planning.
6. Regional planning: interactions with regional or equivalent planning, and sustainability.

The questions are directed to the Chief Executive Officer or General Manager, but may also be completed by a manager responsible for either airport planning, property, commercial development, or general corporate/community relations.

Airports participating in the survey will receive an executive summary of the main conclusions and recommendations arising from the responses.

Any question regarding this survey should be directed to: 

Faculty of the Built Environment
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Tel: +61 2 9385 4836
SMS: +61 418600799

For further information on the Airport Region Research Survey please read the Project Information Statement.

Resources are being collected for 'state of practice' reviews in the areas of airport and regional:

• Land Use
• Spatial Analysis
• Governance
• Decision Support Systems

For further information on our current research activities, please contact us.