ISBN:
9783319311951
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology Ser.
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DDC:
387.7360973
Keywords:
Sociology, Urban
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Airports, Cities, and the Jet Age -- Part One: From 30,000 Feet to Ground Level -- Part Two: Response to the Jet Age -- Part Three: Jets, Noise, and Unhappy Neighbors -- Part Four: Security: Hijackings, Hare Krishna, and September 11 -- Notes -- Part I: From 30,000 Feet to Ground Level -- Chapter One: From 30,000 Feet: Airports and Aviation History Since 1945 -- Introduction of Jet Airliners, the Planes That Roared -- Deregulation: The Triumphs and Trials of a Free Market -- If You Build It, Will They Come? Passenger Growth and Economic Development -- The Air Age, Growth of Passenger Traffic, and the US Urban Hierarchy -- The Air Age and Economic Development -- Airport Security: It All Began with "Take me to Cuba" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter Two: Closer to Ground Level: Airport Ownership and Finance -- Who Owns the Airport? -- Privatization: From Thatcherism to September 11, the Road Lightly if at All Traveled -- A Reluctant Partner: The Federal Aid to Airports Program (1946-1970) -- Creating the Airport and Airway Trust Fund -- A Not So Stable Source of Funding: The Aviation Trust Fund, 1970-1982 -- Deregulation, Defederalization, and the Airport Improvement Program -- Airports for the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II: Response to the Jet Age -- Chapter Three: Response to the Jet Age: Federal-Local Interaction and the Shaping of the Aviation Landscape -- If at First You Do Not Succeed…: Federal Efforts to Promote Regional Airports/Jetports -- The Everglades Jetport: The Most Famous Airport That Almost Never Was -- Government Surplus: Military Air Bases and the Civilian Aviation Infrastructure -- Notes -- Chapter Four: Airports for the "Jet Set": Expansion, Iconic Architecture, and Airport Malls.
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