Planning and Design of Airports, 4/e

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This edition of this work is updated and expanded to reflect the latest developments in the planning and design of airports. It now features coverage of the geometric design of landing areas, air traffic control systems, airport security, demand forecasting, airport financing, environmental assessment, terminal and ground access system planning, and heliport and vertiport design. It also provides modern approaches to lighting, signing, and marking of airfields. . .paving runways. . .and much more. Planning and Design of Airports is an indispensable reference for civil engineers, transportation engineers, government planners, architects, and all others involved in any aspect of airport planning and design.

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Airport planner and engineer's viewpoint - updated.......2000-02-08

The best of its kind for the technical detail. We have most of the other airport and terminal design books on the bookshelf (up to 2005 publication date), but every time we come back to using Horonjeff for the serious design of new airports and extensions. It is also good for layout design by the engineer for terminals - although the architects may want more books. But there is another book - the 2003 book titled Airport Systems - Planning, Design and Management by Richard de Neufville and Amedeo Odoni - that will become the definitive text on airport design for the first part of the 21st century. So you'll need both, especially if you have to deal with the complexity of systems and stakeholders that are part of medium to large size airports.

Horonjeff has got the full set of data tables and charts to enable you to design anything. I seldom need to use the ICAO Manuals on a daily basis, and only use them for cross checking an obscure point. The upgrade from the 3rd edition to the 4th edition was a big one - it metricated much of the book, added in the latest aircraft (late model 737, 767s and ER, and the 777-200), and generally updated the book. Examples of new information are some good stuff on runway/taxiway capacity, and some additions to ACN/PCN. Worth spending the money to update. Essential to buy if starting from scratch. The best textbook for a technical course on Airport Engineering. Needs Airport Systems to have a rounded and modern view of masterplanning (and the successor to masterplanning - dynamic systems planning).

Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management

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Collection of facts on airports around the world
Aviation Managers must read...
Must reading for airport planning practitioners and academic
Authoritative reference for airport planners and designers

Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management
Richard de Neufville , and Amedeo Odoni
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* The new standard on airport systems planning,design, and management
* Provides solutions to the most pressing airport concerns: expansion, traffic, environment, additions, etc.
* Full coverage of computer-based tools and methodology
* Additional reports and updates available via authors' website

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Collection of facts on airports around the world.......2006-09-28

Very well written text book, that has a collection of facts on various airports around the world. Mainly directed to students and professors in Europe and other countries where metric is a standard. I wish the authors have published two versions, one in feet-inches and other in metric. It is a good text for teachers in the undergraduate class, for teaching the basic concept of an airport system and how to manage and operate it. Reference to FAA and ICAO documents is good. I will recommend this text to practicing engineers who can get a grip on the concept of financial management and control in an airport system.

Aviation Managers must read..........2006-09-15

Mr. de Neufville and Professor Amedeo Odoni have produced a must read guide to understand where the nexus of theory and the reality of aviation systems come together. Quite thorough and a good read, all the while being an excellent guide to a multitude of topics. Well Done!

Must reading for airport planning practitioners and academic.......2004-10-28

Professors de Neufville and Odoni use real world examples to show the changing context of airport planning and design. No longer limited to technical aspects, airport planners and designers must cultivate new and critical thinking on such issues as profitability, revenues, and users services. Influences such as airline deregulation, airport and airline privatization, a global airport industry, and advance technology require this new approach. Based on their teaching at MIT and consulting experience with airports and civil aviation organizations worldwide they provide knowledgeable guidance to a wide audience.

To airport consultants and officials in aviation organization the book provides a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of airport planning, design, and management. It cautions that typical master plans are too static and point out the shortcomings of forecasts, supported by examples of economically inefficient and premature over developments. To avoid costly investment mistakes they recommend "dynamic strategic planning" in the deregulated environment, where privatized airports and airlines compete and shift their bases.

To city and regional planners it provides valuable guidance for making informed decisions regarding the fiscal and environmental implications of airport development projects in their communities.

For airport operators and airlines, chapters on organization and financing, user charges, and cash flow analysis provide insightful guidance. The authors show how to analyze interactions among traffic operations, airline schedules, and configuration and design of airfield and passenger buildings. The concepts of shared facilities and alternate gate operations are also analyzed.

They address the effectiveness of alternate modes of ground access and distribution systems and caution against the costly and ineffective people movers and mechanical baggage distributing systems, such as the one at Denver International Airport.

The modular structure of the book permits different users to select and organize chapters according to their interests.

Ashraf Jan, AICP, is Special Assistant to Assoc. Administrator Airports, Federal Aviation Administration. He also served as Airports Advisor to Civil Aviation Authority, Spain, 1990-99.The review presents his personal views and does not represent policy or views of the FAA.

Authoritative reference for airport planners and designers.......2003-03-10

When two airport experts at MIT get together to produce a textbook, expectations naturally run high. Professors Odoni and de Neufville are no strangers to the team approach, as they co-teach that university's leading airport course. The resulting book reflects their classroom approach: It is comprehensive, methodological, and takes a scientific approach to airport planning. Like their course, the book is also superbly done. In the process, as often happens when science rules over instinct, many myths are shattered and common errors explained. The only drawback is that to fully enjoy the book, a solid mathematical foundation is required. For those who are math averse, however, there is still plenty to learn.

The authors have taken on many challenges in the way the textbook is structured, and successfully so. The textbook is modular, so that chapters are organized into logically separated topics that can serve as stand-alone references. Occasionally, this leads to repetition, but it greatly enhances the book's value as a reference. The authors very nicely combine U.S. and international content. The text spells out when U.S. and international standards are the same and when they differ. It also attempts to explain many of the differences.

One of the core areas of expertise presented in the book is capacity and delay. This is broken down into the topics of capacity, delay, demand management (both administrative and economic), and air traffic control (Chapters 10 through 13). This is supplemented by additional reference material, for example in the areas of queuing theory and on how to define the design peak hour for passenger terminal planning. All in all, roughly a quarter of the book focuses on capacity and delay.

The book has a few limitations: Many of the colorful anecdotes lack sources, which is unfortunate for the reader who wants to delve into the original material to learn more. This is understandable from the point of view that many of these anecdotes describe costly mistakes carried out by short sighted airport designers. Another, albeit minor, limitation is that many of the examples are taken from Logan International Airport in Boston. This is to be expected based on the authors' location. There are however, many other examples, from all continents. Finally, there are a few areas where the reader may crave more information, notably wildlife management, control of obstructions, and airport noise access restrictions in the post-Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 environment.

None of these limitations seriously detracted from my enjoyment of the book. Where this book really excels is in its ability to break down the most difficult challenges facing airport planners into clearly reasoned analytical methods. This should help decision makers avoid expensive errors and provide a rationale for decisions that are otherwise driven by either instinct or politics.

It is obvious that this will become a standard reference for airport planners, designers, and managers alike. Even experts with many years of experience in the field will learn something new and have their preconceptions challenged. New students who are just entering the field are fortunate to have this text as their guide. Through this book, the authors have considerably broadened their audience from their MIT classroom, and carry on a tradition of sharing superb insights into the problems of airport planning and design.

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By far the most comprehensive book on the subject, the completely new Second Edition of Airport Operations updates the many developments in this fast-changing industry. The book provides a broad perspective on the effects of deregulation, privatization, and commercialization. Thoroughly illustrated, it examines the most current practices in airport security and terminal access, cargo relations, noise control, scheduling issues, and more. It is equally valuable to aviation educators and students as well as to airport personnel.

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Great for Aviation Management Students.......2004-10-20

Im planning to go into Aviation Management and this is a great book that goes over everything that happens at an airport and how to run an airport!! Great book!!

Very comphrensive to all areas of airport operations.......2000-01-10

This book is an excellent text to all airport related personnels. I found it's particularly useful to people working in airport and/or aviation management who want to gain more in-depth understanding to all areas of airport operations. This book can also serve as in-house classroom training text for airline personnel. A highly recommended one!

A valuable book for any transport researcher.......1999-01-30

This book provides a thorough analysis in all facets of airport operations and provides the reader with a logistical insight that is unmatched. While the book provides a great overview, it lacks information particularly on air cargo development and facility planning at airports. While the growth in air cargo traffic significantly outpaces passenger growth, air cargo development issues at airports become more significant. Air cargo development issues must be addressed by airport authorities. This book only makes scant reference to this. However, "Airport Operations" is a valuable book to all airport authorities, consultants and transport researchers. No doubt, a very timely piece of information.

A very complete, accurate, and timely explanation of Airport.......1998-11-18

This is a great source of information and very clear definitions of many of the key issues relating to Airport Management and Operations. Although written primarily from the European and Asia Pacific Airport and Airline perspectives, the author has worked very hard to include North American issues and examples. As The Airport Industry moves continually towards privatization, these differences will move to the background and be less obvious; and less important. This is a great starting place for the researcher or the occasional affectionato

I've based my studies on that. Amazing amount of Knowledge........1998-05-07

Don't be afraid of the great amount of number data. It's all understandable

Rail Human Factors: Supporting The Integrated Railway

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Parking Spaces: A Design, Implementation, and Use Manual for Architects, Planners, and Engineers

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a reveiw on a book
The best book on parking for designers.

Parking Spaces: A Design, Implementation, and Use Manual for Architects, Planners, and Engineers
Mark C. Childs
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From outdoor theaters and festival fairgrounds to scenic gardens, outdoor galleries, and historical commemoration parks, urban designer Mark Childs offers professionals a creative and practical approach to designing multipurpose parking lots for the community. Filled with guidelines for analyzing demand while addressing location issues, safety, convenience, and environmental concerns, the author provides a rich variety of ideas and inspiration for ingenious multifunction features in parking facilities.

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a reveiw on a book.......2001-08-14

I love this book! I have been to so many places mentioned in this book. Also I know some people in some of the photos and they are great people.

The best book on parking for designers........1999-04-04

There is a lot more in Parking Spaces than you might think. It covers all the technical stuff, but is also full of ideas for making parking a better part of the city. I think that any serious firm should have this book.

Intelligent Transportation Systems Architectures (Artech House Its Library)

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The best available book on ITS architecture for practitioner

Intelligent Transportation Systems Architectures (Artech House Its Library)
Bob McQueen , and Judy McQueen
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The best available book on ITS architecture for practitioner.......1999-10-27

The book is a good practical guide for regional ITS architecture development. It includes a good example of high-level ITS architecture.

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Transport, Engineering and Architecture
Hugh Collis
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Transport, Engineering and Architecture is the second book in a series which explores the relationship between engineering and architecture. Divided into chapters devoted to themes such as planning transport systems, bridges, airport and aviation, this book helps today's engineers and architects meet the ongoing challenges of a fast moving and expanding business.

Since the nineteenth century and the arrival of mass travel, the need for transport architecture has spawned some of the most impressive structures of recent times. As all forms of travel - air, rail, road and water - continue to expand, the ever-growing numbers of passengers and carriers moving around the world present new tests for architects and engineers. The book is produced in association with Arup, the largest firm of consulting engineers in the world.

* Unique focus on areas where there is close connection between architecture and engineering
* Detailed technical information is a practical aid to understanding the concepts involved
* High profile case studies illustrate themes and inspire future projects

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Urban Transportation Systems
Sigurd Grava
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Urban Transportation Systems is a complete guide to the types of transportation available to communities together with the technical tools needed to evaluate each for given circumstances.

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Future Transport in Cities

Future Transport in Cities
Brian Richards
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Richards shows that attractive and practical alternatives to a car dependent society are possible. With the growth of car ownership and use reaching crisis proportions in our cities it is imperative to find and implement alternatives if cities are to survive and prosper. He reveals how transport technology is developing, in particular, showing how it can be integrated into the urban environment. The book opens with a look at the "best" of current transportation systems and goes on to explore such advanced technologies as automated highways, covered cities, monorails, new elevated systems, smart cars, guided buses, as well as intelligent highways, and car-free housing. The importance, too, of simple measures such as walking and cycling are covered as being an essential part of any future city as well as that of an "integrated transport" if people are to be encouraged to get out of their cars.

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Future Transport in Cities.......2002-02-13

A compatriot (and friend) of the late Reyner Banham challenges the American addiction to cars, and shows how they do it better in Curitiba, Hanover, and Portland, WA (to pick three of his many examples). It's a brilliant analysis of how things work in the real world and the promise of new technologies. Mandatory reading for Angelenos; buy an extra copy and try to instill a sense of guilt in a student driving her trophy SUV.

Sonet and T1: Architectures for Digital Transport Networks (2nd Edition)

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Good overview of these 2 technologies.
Good Intro to SONET/T1for the people who lack EE background
A favorite for the technically adept person new to telecom.
Some good information, but very sloppily written.
plagued with typos

Sonet and T1: Architectures for Digital Transport Networks (2nd Edition)
Uyless Black , and Sharleen Waters
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Good overview of these 2 technologies........2000-10-02

This book is a good "introduction" to SONET and T1. You may want to try some other book to get a complete picture of SONET and it's difference with new Technologies like DWDM.

Good Intro to SONET/T1for the people who lack EE background.......2000-05-04

This book is an excellent introduction to SONET/T1 transport systems. It is not sloppily written in my opinion, as one of the review says. I do not have an EE background yet the book was very clear and precise. Recommended for your CCIE prep. Bellamy's book Digital Telephony covers some topics but it is geared towards the EE. Bellamy's book is difficult for people who dont have an EE.

A favorite for the technically adept person new to telecom........2000-03-01

This is the best book I have found for a detailed over-view of how the entire telecommunications system is hung together, including how all the legacy, current, and dis-similar systems are pieced together to make today's global telecom network. Further, author Waters is a professional teacher, and it shows in her clear understandable writing. I am a chip designer assigned to a telecom chip project, and have found many of the more technical texts start in the middle, are far less broad, and may assume that the reader is an old-school telecom insider. Yet many an experienced telecom technician could learn something from this book. Telecom is a huge yet exploding field, and I can recommend this book to anyone looking to come up to speed. This is not a circuits book; there is no circuit theory and no transistor-level schematics, but there are a large number of diagrams detailing the structure of how the black boxes are connected together, and the structure of the data, the data formating of SONET and many of the older standards. Yes, there are typos, and there are missing subjects, but this book remains the most popular introductory telecom book at my work site and in my pervue.

Some good information, but very sloppily written........1999-06-03

It is hard to find much of the information contained in this book in similar (textbook) formats. However, Professor Black is clearly not paying attention to the quality of the material he is attaching his name too. The bottom line is you CAN learn alot from this book, but with a modicum more effort on the part of the authors, it could have really been a very good book. Best part is the treatment of T1 and the SONET frame format. The worst part is the fact that it is 50% filler. Also, I did not mind the abundance of typos - they were so obvious that they didn't detract too much from the learning process.

plagued with typos.......1999-03-06

I cannot judge the content of the book, as i am a SONET novice. However, the preponderance of mislabeled diagrams and typos is certainly not helping the educational process.

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