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Topics
- urban transportation
- sustainable transportation
- radar
- planning
- perception
- data
- climate
- aviation
- carbon
- noise
- gas
- regulation
- environmental impact
- environmental science
- environmental policy
- dispute
- airport
- airport company
- corporation
- greenhouse gas
- air travel
- air quality
- deterioration
- assessment
- modeling
- decision making
- hub
- social science
- ridership
- accessibility
- conceptual model
- economic capital
- cluster analysis
- railroad station
- urban development
- vehicle
- road
- behavior
- route choice
- traffic assignment
- safety
- school
- routing
- laceration
- neighborhood
- transportation planning
- through traffic
- livability
- navigation system
- spatial plan
- city
- case study
- resilience
- traffic behavior
- traffic
- steering
- commuting
- urban sprawl
- fuel
- price
- residence
- household
- occupation
- trip length
- city planning
- land use
- sustainable development
- trip generation
- extrapolation
- spatial planning
- density
- travel
- urban area
- travel pattern
- mode choice
- energy consumption
- built environment
- population density
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Publications
- 2022Moving past sustainable transport studies: towards a critical perspective on urban transport
- 2019Flying green from a carbon neutral airport : the case of Brusselscitations
- 2019Planning for nodes, places and people in Flanders and Brussels : developing an empirical railway station assessment model for strategic decision-makingcitations
- 2014Route choice and residential environment: introducing liveability requirements in navigation systems in Flanderscitations
- 2011Aspects of spatial proximity and sustainable travel behaviour in Flanders: a quantitative approach
- 2011Minimum commuting distance as a spatial characteristic in a non-monocentric urban system : the case of Flanderscitations
- 2010Spatial variations of the minimum home-to-work distance in the north of Belgium
- 2010Travel energy consumption and the built environment : evidence from Flanders
Places of action
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Flying green from a carbon neutral airport : the case of Brussels
Abstract
The aviation sector is one of the fastest growing emitters of greenhouse gases worldwide. In addition, airports have important local environmental impacts, mainly in the form of noise pollution and deterioration in air quality. Although noise nuisance in the vicinity of airports is recognized as an important problem of the urban environment which is often addressed by regulation, other environmental problems associated with aviation are less widely acknowledged. In the climate debate, the importance of which is rising, aviation has remained under the radar for decades. In the present paper, we use the case of Brussels Airport (Belgium) to demonstrate that the local perception of air travel-related environmental problems may be heavily influenced by the communication strategy of the airport company in question. Basing our analysis on publicly available data, communication initiatives, media reports, and policy documents, we find that (1) the noise impact of aviation is recognized and mainly described in an institutionalized format, (2) the impact of aviation on local air quality is ignored, and (3) the communication on climate impact shows little correspondence or concern with the actual effects. These findings are relevant for other airports and sectors, since the type of environmental communication produced by airport companies can also be observed elsewhere.
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