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Land Use Planning for Privatized Airports

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  • Douglas Baker
  • Robert Freestone

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Problem, research strategy, and findings: The privatization of airports in Australia included airport property development rights, regulated only by federal, not local, land use control. Airports then developed commercial and retail centers outside local community plans, resulting in a history of poor coordination of planning and reflecting strong differences between public and private values in the role of the airport. Private owners embraced the concept of an Airport City, envisioning the airport as a portal of global infrastructure, whereas public planning agencies are struggling with infrastructure coordination and the development of real estate outside of the local planning regulations. Stakeholder workshops were conducted in each of the cases where key stakeholders from airports, regulating agencies, state and local governments participated in identifying key issues impacting the planning in and around airports. This research demonstrates that if modes of infrastructure provision change significantly (such as through privatization of public services), that transformation would best be accompanied by comprehensive changes in planning regimes to accommodate metropolitan and airport interdependencies. Privatization has exacerbated the poor coordination of planning in the past, and a focus on coordination between public and private infrastructure planning is needed to overcome differences in values and interests. Takeaway for practice: Governance styles differ considerably between public agencies and private corporations. Planners should understand the drivers and value differences to better coordinate infrastructure delivery and effective planning. Research support: The Airport Metropolis Research Project under the Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme (LP0775225).

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  • Douglas Baker & Robert Freestone, 2012. "Land Use Planning for Privatized Airports," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 78(3), pages 328-341.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjpaxx:v:78:y:2012:i:3:p:328-341
    DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2012.716315
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    1. Yingnan Niu & Gaodi Xie & Yu Xiao & Keyu Qin & Shuang Gan & Jingya Liu, 2021. "Spatial and Temporal Changes of Ecosystem Service Value in Airport Economic Zones in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-16, October.

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