Airport Planning, Construction & Environmental Management

Catalog description

Overview of airport planning and design considerations, construction and expansion projects, master planning, and environmental management. Includes activity forecasting, capacity and delay analysis, site selection, airfield and terminal design, environmental impacts and mitigation, and noise abatement. Also includes land-use planning and control, the socio-economic impacts of airports on the communities they serve, public relations, financial planning, and airport privatization. The course will also introduce several geospatial technologies that can be applied effectively to airport management.