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Cities in flight: The role of airports in urban development

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  • Miren Lafourcade

    (RITM - Réseaux Innovation Territoires et Mondialisation - Université Paris-Saclay, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research)

  • Nicholas Sheard

Abstract

Airports are pivotal urban hubs and major clusters of economic activity, serving as critical transport nodes connecting cities to global networks. Beyond their scale and scope, airports shape the urban landscape and often stand as symbols of civic pride and local development aspiration, while simultaneously imposing substantial disamenities on populations living nearby. This paper explores the multifaceted relationship between airports, urban growth, and spatial inequalities both across and within cities, with a focus on cutting-edge research addressing the identification challenges in isolating airports’ causal effects on cities. Particular attention is devoted to underexplored economic dimensions, such as the transformative role of low-cost carriers and air tourism in driving urban development in small cities.
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  • Miren Lafourcade & Nicholas Sheard, 2026. "Cities in flight: The role of airports in urban development," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-05675370, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:hal-05675370
    DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2026.104229
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    JEL classification:

    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • L93 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Air Transportation
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General

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