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The Different Impacts of Airports on the Ecological Environment under Distinct Institutional Contexts

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  • Changsheng Xiong

    (School of Public Administration, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China)

  • Yu Tian

    (School of Public Administration, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China)

  • Xue Liu

    (School of Geographic Sciences, Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China)

  • Rong Tan

    (School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Qiaolin Luan

    (School of Public Administration, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China)

Abstract

Few studies have attempted to investigate the impact of airports on the ecological environment. This paper compares the effects of airports in China and Germany on the surrounding ecological environment and discusses the underlying institutional mechanisms that lead to these impacts. We used remote-sensing ecological indicators to assess ecological environment quality. A buffer analysis was used to determine the influence scopes of airports on the ecological environment. The institutional analysis development framework was adopted to investigate the functions of different institutions on the influence scopes and intensities. The results showed that the Chinese airport had obvious negative effects and that its impact scope was wide, while the impact intensity of the German airport was weaker. These significant differences stem from the distinct institutional systems that structure the two airports. Our findings ultimately provide insight into how to improve the relationship between infrastructure construction and environmental protection in China.

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  • Changsheng Xiong & Yu Tian & Xue Liu & Rong Tan & Qiaolin Luan, 2022. "The Different Impacts of Airports on the Ecological Environment under Distinct Institutional Contexts," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:2:p:291-:d:749661
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