megaregions and the aviation sector is rather untouched in research. The purpose of this study is to examine the role airports …The megaregion spatial form has grown in prominence in recent years in planning thought, but the relationship between … in the megaregions was compared by density and type of airports, including an examination into airline hubs. The …

aviation airports that serve private business and personal aircraft, not scheduled passenger service. The research also … generated by the airport. IMPLAN calculates the direct impact in 2006 for North Carolina's general aviation airports to be $990 … for the aircraft based at North Carolina's general aviation airports to be approximately $6.0 million. This research …

ecological spatial model, and this is done in chapter 8. Finally, I wanted to put together the earlier improvements to the CAR … performed better than the usual models, but only when both outcomes shared a strong spatial correlation. The next objective … spatial correlation in the outcomes, as well as accommodating both individual and areal measures of covariates. Using the …

paper, a programming approach is used in tandem with spatial economic theory to understand the spatial welfare impacts of an …

. Finally, in a spatial econometric framework, I test for the presence and magnitude of network spillovers from infrastructure …

description of the structure of the thesis.Chapter 2 provides a literature review of studies that have focused on spatial … analogue of a linear probability can be formulated as a spatial autoregressive Cliff and Ord (1973, 1981)-type model. The sets … of Monte Carlo experiments show that the parameters of the model can be estimated without bias using a spatial 2SLS …

simulated spatial labor market model is used to explore the economic effects of various stages of regional integration …

extended remediation. Expedited remediation costs have been evaluated for highways, airports, and urban areas. Extended … remediation costs have been evaluated for all land uses except highways and airports. The inclusion of cost estimates in risk …

Ongoing financial, environmental and political adjustments have shifted the role of large international airports. Many … airports are expanding from a narrow concentration on operating as transportation centres to becoming economic hubs. By working … together, airports and other industry sectors can contribute to and facilitate not only economic prosperity, but create social …

dominance of airlines in the aviation industry. The importance and effectiveness of the ground handling function as part of the …