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Airport-driven urban developments: Key drivers to the Airport City in Saudi Arabia
Alshehri, Ghaida
Alshehri, Ghaida
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Transportation infrastructure has played a major role in shaping our cities today. Over the last centuries, it was observed that urban form has been widely affected by seaports, railways, highways, and airports. Airports in specific, were seen as a transport station and were located in the peripheries of cities. Today, airports became a major catalyzer for urban development and urban growth. The paradigm has shifted, and the “Airport City” model has emerged and weaved its way around the urban tissue. This research offers an inclusive analysis to the Airport city potential development in the Saudi Arabian context. The goal of this research is to contribute to finding the key drivers of such development and its relevance to the entire territory. The research objectives are finding the main key drivers based on international experiences and correlating them to the Saudi setting and developing recommendations for future applications. The research methodology is conducted using mixed research methods, where quantitative research was carried out using questionnaire-based survey and qualitative research was performed using interviews from experts in the aviation field and managing bodies directly responsible for developing the airport and its urban area in Saudi Arabia.