Lessons from international comparison for the Commission ROL

This report summarizes the lessons from the international comparison for the Commission ROL (‘Commission on the Spatial Development of Airports’, in Dutch Commissie Ruimtelijke Ontwikkeling Luchthavens) as carried out by the Airport Metropolis team; a research collaboration between Queensland University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and the University of North Carolina (see also www.airportmetropolis.qut.com). A brief overview of the Commission’s mandate and international comparison request are provided in Section 2. Section 3 provides a brief overview of Schiphol, focusing on its place in global aviation and in Netherlands spatial development. Schiphol and the Netherlands are internationally-recognized leaders in both areas. Schiphol is placed in context with a short discussion of the land use and real estate developments on and surrounding selected large hub airports. A summary of the role of airports in land a real estate development is provided in Section 4, which leads in to the research approach taken in the international comparison in Section 5. The research findings are provided in Section 6-8. The conclusions for the study and their relevance for the Netherlands are outlined in Section 9