Planning of land-use developments and transport systems in airport regions

Since transport and land-use are closely interrelated, an integrative approach for land-use and transport planning should be adopted. In the case of impacts of land-use development projects on transport system in airport regions, Formal planning procedures alone are not able to create the efficient integration of land-use and transport in airport regions. Airports are recognised as strategic instruments for the development of local and regional economics and stimulation of their competitiveness at the continental and global levels. Therefore, the development of transport infrastructures and of land-use and airport regions cannot be looked at separately. In such complex situations, informal planning procedures are nominated as a supplementary to fulfil the deficiencies of formal planning procedures. Based on the analysis of seven case studies in three airport regions in North Western Europe, it can be concluded that both formal and informal procedures are important planning instruments for achieving goals of integrated planning of land-use and transport in airport regions. By the appropriate division of responsibilities and suitable co-ordinations between formal and informal procedures, high efficiency of enabling high-quality results, avoiding conflicts among stakeholders, and optimising cost effectiveness and time efficiency would be accomplished