Transcript Global Solution for Local Problems: Atlanta Aerotropolis

Global Solution for Local Problems: Atlanta
Aerotropolis
2014 AMPO Conference
October 23, 2014
Nancey Green Leigh, PhD, FAICP
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
School of City & Regional Planning/College of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
[email protected]
Aerotropolis Concept
• Kasarda, professor & consultant, recognized
for popularizing term:
– in addition to traditional aviation services, major
airports develop themselves, or can attract to
surrounding region, significant non-aeronautical
commercial facilities, service and revenues.
• Spin-off from “megalopolis”
– large and densely populated urban area that can
include multiple independent administrative
districts
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It’s a Specialized Urban Economy
• Centered around
airport is an urban
region connecting
workers, suppliers,
executives, and goods
to global marketplace
• Occurring organically
and strategically across
the globe on
greenfields and
grey/brownfields
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Example of Air & Surface Connectivity for
Manufacturing, Repair, and Training
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Planning’s Role
• Greenfield aerotropolis
– requires master & regional planning;
– major new infrastructure development
– Complex and long-range development
• Denver is closest example in U.S.
• Hong Kong & Incheon, Korea are important
international examples
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Planning’s Role cont.
• Greyfield aerotropolis: more complex
– vacant & contaminated land, fragmented jurisdictions
& ownership, obsolete infrastructure, economic
decline, poor urban design…
• Most U.S. aerotropoli are greyfields, including
Atlanta
• Memphis greyfield aerotropolis notable for its
master planning
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) and City of Memphis Division of Planning and
Development partnership for 2010 HUD Community
Challenge Grant to fund the Master Plan Plan.
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Issues for Planners
1. Stakeholder coordination
– Joint planning between jurisdictions and other organizations around the
airport.
2. Development and Redevelopment
– Prospects for infill redevelopment require substantial coordination and policy.
3. Transit and Transportation
– Surface network connectivity essential for business development, time
sensitive or high value goods
4. Aesthetic Improvements
– Improve pedestrian experience, landscaping, way finding, gateway
signage.
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Regional Planner’s Tools
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Collaborative approaches
Land use inventory
Mixed use zoning
Economic base
Strategic Industry Clusters
Transportation Corridors
Low carbon development
Community/business improvement districts
TIF and opportunity zones …
9 March 2013 report
Atlanta Airport is in
Metro’s “Southern Crescent”
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Impact
of
Airport
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Southern vs Northern Crescent
2010 Percent Minority
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Southern vs Northern Crescent
2010 Median Household Income
$100,000
$90,000
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Southern vs Northern Crescent
2010 Unemployment Rate
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Memphis Greyfield Aerotropolis
ATL is not a contender?
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Memphis Aerotropolis Goals
• Upgrade surroundings to clustered commercial campuses
with logistics, manufacturing, and cargo handling physically
separated from business and leisure travelers.
• Airport area zoning to encourage location of airport oriented
firms and industries and address aesthetic and social
problems.
• Plan for additional close-in core logistics space by land
banking.
• Consolidate airport area hotels into cohesive zones with
ready access to adjacent entertainment areas and transit.
• Local governments work together as single entity because
Aerotropolis is a single integrated market economy,
– prevent companies from playing jurisdictions off one another to
detriment of their tax bases and their residents.
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Memphis Aerotropolis Master Plan
• Airport City Master Plan: released April 2014
• Aligns with HUD’s Livability Principles:
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Provide more transportation choices
Promote equitable, affordable housing
Enhance economic competitiveness
Support existing communities
Coordinate policies and leverage
investment
– Value communities and
neighborhoods
• Project Timeline:
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Global Solution for Local Problems
• Negative externalities associated with major
airports key reason that adjacent regions &
urban economies are neglected greyfields.
• Focus on developing aerotropolis for
competitive global positioning creates major
opportunity for greyfield redevelopment.
• Regional planning and Planner’s Toolbox are
essential for realizing strategic development
goals.
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