Videos by Rose K Bridger
A video introducing the global Map of Airport-Related Injustice and Resistance. The map brings to... more A video introducing the global Map of Airport-Related Injustice and Resistance. The map brings together information on
socio-environmental conflicts caused by aviation infrastructure, predominantly new airports, expansion of existing airports, aerotropolis (airport city) projects and related infrastructure such as fuel storage. The main reason for community opposition to airport projects is resistance to land acquisition which is a major cause of displacement and loss of farmland. The map is a joint project of EnvJustice and the Stay Grounded Network. Papers by Rose K Bridger
A new generation of airport-linked special economic zones-characterised by tax breaks, other ince... more A new generation of airport-linked special economic zones-characterised by tax breaks, other incentives, and government provision of supportive infrastructure including surface transportation networks-is an increasingly significant factor a global race to the bottom on tax. This paper highlights a number of examples of new SEZs, which benefit major transnational firms, foreign investors and real estate developers.
In the UK, as a major increase in Business Rates looms over small businesses, firms locating in Enterprise Zones-many located adjacent to or encompassing airports, including Manchester, Blackpool, Luton and Newquay-receive a substantial Business Rate discount and other subsidies.
Tourism oriented airport-linked SEZs in SE Asia include several new Indonesian SEZs incorporating substantial stretches of coastline dotted with white sand beaches. Recently announced funding and tax breaks for tourism SEZs in the Philippines is set to commence with resort development around the new San Vicente Airport.
Freight oriented airport-linked SEZs include: the 95 square kilometre China-Belarus Industrial Park adjacent to Minsk Airport, SEZs with an aerospace component at Dholera Airport in India and OR Tambo Airport in South Africa and an aviation hub component of an economic zone encompassing U-Tapao Airport in Thailand.
The paper examines the spatial and regulatory interrelationship between airport linked SEZs and aerotropolis projects-airport centric developments designed to be aviation dependent and support airport growth. Examples include a 2,500 hectare SEZ in the new Imam Khomeini International Airport, and a tax free zone within the planned Tunisia Economic City which has been allocated a 90 square kilometre site including 13 kilometres of coastline for tourism development.
The paper includes maps of several airport-linked SEZs to elucidate spatial aspects such as strategic locations and integration with surface transportation networks.
Aviation expansion in Indonesia is closely intertwined with a drive for massive growth in tourism... more Aviation expansion in Indonesia is closely intertwined with a drive for massive growth in tourism. Many plans for new airports, and expansion of existing airports, are beset with land disputes as communities face loss of their homes and productive agricultural land. Several airport projects are integrated with Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a number of which are designated for tourism and are given tax breaks and other subsidies, and bestowed with a key natural asset, white sand beaches. There are plans for a number of airports to be developed as aerotropolis projects.
An Airport-by-Airport outline of the freight picture at each of the UK’s main freight airports, A... more An Airport-by-Airport outline of the freight picture at each of the UK’s main freight airports, A supplement to December 2009 report: Air Freight: The Impacts
A report assessing the facts behind the UK air freight industry: its contribution to the economy;... more A report assessing the facts behind the UK air freight industry: its contribution to the economy; its impact on the environment and local communities
Aerotropolis development is a key planning trend and governments are allocating large areas of la... more Aerotropolis development is a key planning trend and governments are allocating large areas of land, and enormous budgets, for these airport centric megaprojects. This update looks at aerotropolis development at 43 airports, in 29 countries The aerotropolis model of development raises important social, economic and environmental concerns.
Article about resistance to plan for second airport, and aerotropolis, on South Korean island of ... more Article about resistance to plan for second airport, and aerotropolis, on South Korean island of Jeju. Published in New Internationalist magazine, April 2016
Presentation about aerotropolis development around Manchester Airport and worldwide
Third World Resurgence, Sep 2015
A key index of the rapid growth of the global tourism industry is the emergence of the aerotropol... more A key index of the rapid growth of the global tourism industry is the emergence of the aerotropolis - or 'airport city', a form of development that is designed to support aviation growth. Hailed as 'growth engines', airport-centric aerotropolis developments are environmentally unsustainable, and economically divisive, creating enclaves favouring transnational firms.
Aerotropolis Update, No. 2
Aerotropolis development is a key planning trend and governments are allocating large areas of la... more Aerotropolis development is a key planning trend and governments are allocating large areas of land, and enormous budgets, for these airport centric megaprojects. This update looks at aerotropolis development at 46 airports, in all regions of the world with a focus on Africa and Asia. The aerotropolis model of development raises important social, economic and environmental concerns.
Urban Eco Life, Jun 2015
Article about aerotropolis developments worldwide, and the environmental, social and economic imp... more Article about aerotropolis developments worldwide, and the environmental, social and economic impacts
Introduction to book 'Plane Truth: Aviation's Real Impact on People and the Environment', publish... more Introduction to book 'Plane Truth: Aviation's Real Impact on People and the Environment', published by Pluto Press , October 2013
Aerotropolis Update, No. 1, Aug 2015
Update on aerotropolis developments worldwide, highlighting land allocation, affected communities... more Update on aerotropolis developments worldwide, highlighting land allocation, affected communities and governance.
Aerotropolis developments - airport surrounded by commercial development designed to be aviation ... more Aerotropolis developments - airport surrounded by commercial development designed to be aviation dependent and support growth of the airport - are proliferating worldwide. An aerotropolis is a disastrous model of development, enabling increased greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and excluding host communities from planning and governance.
Conference Presentations by Rose K Bridger
The economics and socio-environmental impacts of aviation expansion: Introducing the global map of airport-related conflicts - evictions, ecocide and extractivism, 2019
Slides from presentation to Green Economics Institute conference, Said Business School, Universit... more Slides from presentation to Green Economics Institute conference, Said Business School, University of Oxford, 18th August 2019
Presentation for Global Tax Justice at a Crossroads conference, City University, London, 6th Jul... more Presentation for Global Tax Justice at a Crossroads conference, City University, London, 6th July 2017
Teaching Documents by Rose K Bridger
Leaflet outlining the aerotropolis model of development and highlighting five of the opposition c... more Leaflet outlining the aerotropolis model of development and highlighting five of the opposition campaigns around the world: Kertajati, in Indonesia, Jeju island in South Korea, New Mexico City Airport, Istanbul's third airport and Manchester Airport City in the UK
Talks by Rose K Bridger
A video about the aerotropolis model of development, focusing on two key characteristics of promi... more A video about the aerotropolis model of development, focusing on two key characteristics of prominent projects beginning in the 1990s. Several airports are mentioned. Incheon Airport (South Korea) has a comprehensive range of facilities and a consistently high level of non-aeronautical revenue. In Europe airport-city style development is well established at Schiphol, Frankfurt and Munich and Athens airports. Prominent examples in Asia include Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur Airport. In Australia Perth Airport generates non-aeronautical revnue from retail and other facilities. In North America, phased development is underway on land owned by Edmonton Airport in Canada and Dallas/Forth Worth, Indianapolis and Denver airports in the US. All these aerotropolis developments could be outsized by China's Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone (ZAEZ).
Video introducing the Map of Aviation-related socio-environmental conflicts and resistance, 67 ca... more Video introducing the Map of Aviation-related socio-environmental conflicts and resistance, 67 cases relating to new airport and expansion of existing airports have been documented and analysed. The most common reason for resistance is displacement of communities. Many projects aim to increase tourism and several are cargo-related, including serving fossil fuel infrastructure. The map includes aerotropolis developments.
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Videos by Rose K Bridger
socio-environmental conflicts caused by aviation infrastructure, predominantly new airports, expansion of existing airports, aerotropolis (airport city) projects and related infrastructure such as fuel storage. The main reason for community opposition to airport projects is resistance to land acquisition which is a major cause of displacement and loss of farmland. The map is a joint project of EnvJustice and the Stay Grounded Network.
Papers by Rose K Bridger
In the UK, as a major increase in Business Rates looms over small businesses, firms locating in Enterprise Zones-many located adjacent to or encompassing airports, including Manchester, Blackpool, Luton and Newquay-receive a substantial Business Rate discount and other subsidies.
Tourism oriented airport-linked SEZs in SE Asia include several new Indonesian SEZs incorporating substantial stretches of coastline dotted with white sand beaches. Recently announced funding and tax breaks for tourism SEZs in the Philippines is set to commence with resort development around the new San Vicente Airport.
Freight oriented airport-linked SEZs include: the 95 square kilometre China-Belarus Industrial Park adjacent to Minsk Airport, SEZs with an aerospace component at Dholera Airport in India and OR Tambo Airport in South Africa and an aviation hub component of an economic zone encompassing U-Tapao Airport in Thailand.
The paper examines the spatial and regulatory interrelationship between airport linked SEZs and aerotropolis projects-airport centric developments designed to be aviation dependent and support airport growth. Examples include a 2,500 hectare SEZ in the new Imam Khomeini International Airport, and a tax free zone within the planned Tunisia Economic City which has been allocated a 90 square kilometre site including 13 kilometres of coastline for tourism development.
The paper includes maps of several airport-linked SEZs to elucidate spatial aspects such as strategic locations and integration with surface transportation networks.
Conference Presentations by Rose K Bridger
Teaching Documents by Rose K Bridger
Talks by Rose K Bridger
socio-environmental conflicts caused by aviation infrastructure, predominantly new airports, expansion of existing airports, aerotropolis (airport city) projects and related infrastructure such as fuel storage. The main reason for community opposition to airport projects is resistance to land acquisition which is a major cause of displacement and loss of farmland. The map is a joint project of EnvJustice and the Stay Grounded Network.
In the UK, as a major increase in Business Rates looms over small businesses, firms locating in Enterprise Zones-many located adjacent to or encompassing airports, including Manchester, Blackpool, Luton and Newquay-receive a substantial Business Rate discount and other subsidies.
Tourism oriented airport-linked SEZs in SE Asia include several new Indonesian SEZs incorporating substantial stretches of coastline dotted with white sand beaches. Recently announced funding and tax breaks for tourism SEZs in the Philippines is set to commence with resort development around the new San Vicente Airport.
Freight oriented airport-linked SEZs include: the 95 square kilometre China-Belarus Industrial Park adjacent to Minsk Airport, SEZs with an aerospace component at Dholera Airport in India and OR Tambo Airport in South Africa and an aviation hub component of an economic zone encompassing U-Tapao Airport in Thailand.
The paper examines the spatial and regulatory interrelationship between airport linked SEZs and aerotropolis projects-airport centric developments designed to be aviation dependent and support airport growth. Examples include a 2,500 hectare SEZ in the new Imam Khomeini International Airport, and a tax free zone within the planned Tunisia Economic City which has been allocated a 90 square kilometre site including 13 kilometres of coastline for tourism development.
The paper includes maps of several airport-linked SEZs to elucidate spatial aspects such as strategic locations and integration with surface transportation networks.