Ayres, Ed.

Airports and Cities: Can They Coexist?. / Ed Ayres. - World Watch, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 36. Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Airports and Cities: Can They Coexist?, July/Aug. 2001; pp. 22-35.

"As high-speed global commerce expands, and demand for air transport explodes, airports and cities are invading each-other's space in increasingly hazardous ways. The conventional response is simply to keep expanding airport capacity. But more imaginative solutions are now needed." (WORLD WATCH) The author examines how changes to airplane designs can alter the structure of airports and runway space, which in turn will reduce the harmful effects attributed to excessive pollution emitted by fuel jets.

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Aircraft exhaust emissions.
Airports.
Deicing chemicals.
Groundwater pollution.
Land use.
Noise pollution.
Pollution--Physiological effect.
Underground architecture.


Denver International Airport (Colorado)

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