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Title:

HELICOPTERS AND URBAN COMMUNITIES

Accession Number:

00457182

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309039150

Abstract:

The principal beneficiary of the helicopter services is the urban community, and the growing presence of helicopters in metropolitan areas, now a factor in the management of urban land and airspace resources, has elicited controversy. The benefits and social costs of helicopter operations in urban communities are addressed, and the steps taken to enhance the benefits and minimize the costs are identified. Three issues are examined: (a) heliports are far less obtrusive in the urban environment than has been believed; (b) the helicopter's benefit to communities is principally transmitted through businesses; and (c) the issue of land use, particularly the allocation of land resources to heliports, is widely misunderstood. Specifically addressed are the two familiar costs of community helicopter operations, noise and anxiety; and a third, less obvious social cost, that of foregone opportunity. Steps taken by members of the helicopter community to enhance benefits and minimize costs are described. These steps involve both technology and communications. In the longer run, however, these improvements go beyond the amelioration of social costs--they reflect understanding between helicopter operators and the communities they serve, and they reflect a convergence of their objectives.

Supplemental Notes:

Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Aircraft/Airport Compatibility.

Monograph Title:

Airport operations

Monograph Accession #:

01419409

Authors:

LAWRENCE, DAVID S

Editors:

Crump, Edythe Taylor

Pagination:

pp 26-30

Publication Date:

1985

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1025
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

64th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1985-1-14 to 1985-1-17

ISBN:

0309039150

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (3) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 27 2004 10:01PM

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