AIRPORT GROWTH, AIRCRAFT NOISE AND REGIONALDEVELOPMENT

摘要

Regional development in the 21st Century is intrinsically liked to sustainable airport growth.rnThe social and economic benefits of growth are significant but so too are the costs. The most significantrnadverse local impact is the disturbance caused to local residents by aircraft noise. Community oppositionrnarising from noise disturbance has the potential to constrain airport growth and hence the regional benefitsrnthat would arise from it. This paper considers how those impacts arising from noise disturbance can bernassessed and how communities can be encouraged to tolerate a degree of noise disturbance. It goes on tornhighlight the importance of systematic stakeholder engagement to sustainable airport growth.