Airport Regions Conference

Airport Regions Conference
Location
  • Brussels, Belgium
Area served
 aviation, airports, spatial planning
Members
 35
Key people
 Sergi Alegre Calero, president; Lea Bodossian, Secretary General; Marius Nicolescu, communication officer
Employees
 2-5

Airport Regions Conference (ARC) is an association of European regional and local authorities that host major international airports.[1] It was founded in 1994.[2] The ARC brings together a wide range of expertise at the interface of air transport and local and regional policies. A common concern is to balance the economic benefits generated by the airports against their environmental impact, notably the effect on the quality of life of local residents. ARC works with the European Commissioner for Transport and his Cabinet and the EC Directorates for Transport, for the Environment, and for the Regions.[3] .

Purpose and mission

The common concern of ARC and its members is to balance the economic benefits generated by the airports against their environmental impact. The ARC debates practical urban issues,[4] bringing together a wide range of expertise at the interface of air transport and local and regional policies, aiming to strengthen the position of cities and regions against higher level forces.[5] ARC represents more than 30 European regions and cities with about 100 million citizens.

Projects

The ARC is active in a number of projects such as QLAIR (Quality of life in Airport Regions) [6] and Interest Group on Air Traffic Management[7] as well as dAIR (Decarbonated Airport Regions)[8] where it plays a role as communication leader.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Lotniska jeszcze nie ma, za to członkostwo jest (There is no airport yet, but there is membership)". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  2. ↑ Alexander, E. R. (June 1998). "Amsterdam in the Red Queen's Country: Interorganizational coordination and EU-local interaction in spatial planning and policy". European Planning Studies 6 (3): 283–298. doi:10.1080/09654319808720462. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  3. ↑ http://62.119.98.22/leftmenu/aboutarc.4.4586cab911bbca70e8980002067.html
  4. ↑ Bischof, Günter; Pelinka, Anton; Gehler, Michael (2006). Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context. Transaction Publishers. p. 201. ISBN 1-4128-0521-X.
  5. ↑ Schneider-Sliwa, Rita (2006). Cities in Transition: Globalization, Political Change and Urban Development. Springer. p. 246. ISBN 1-4020-3866-6.
  6. ↑ http://62.119.98.22/leftmenu/projects/qlair.4.2fe1b41a11c70e6248a80007663.html
  7. ↑ http://62.119.98.22/leftmenu/projects/atm.4.3552108212c010bccc28000186.html
  8. ↑ http://www.dairproject.eu/
  9. ↑ http://www.dairproject.eu/partners/

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