TY - JOUR
T1 - An appraisal of the CORINE land cover database in airport catchment area analysis using a GIS approach
AU - Suau-Sanchez, Pere
AU - Burghouwt, Guillaume
AU - Pallares-Barbera, Montserrat
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - This paper presents a free available dataset, the CORINE land cover that helps dealing with the biases caused by pre-defined and heterogeneous census district boundaries in airport catchment area analysis in Europe. Using this dataset and a conventional GIS software it is possible to measure the size of the population within catchment areas at the same spatial level for all EU airports, allowing for consistent comparisons among airports. To illustrate the potential of the CORINE/GIS approach, the size of the population in the catchment areas of all European airports was determined. The empirical exercise has an aggregate perspective, but this database presents many other possibilities of analysis to perform in a case-by-case basis. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - This paper presents a free available dataset, the CORINE land cover that helps dealing with the biases caused by pre-defined and heterogeneous census district boundaries in airport catchment area analysis in Europe. Using this dataset and a conventional GIS software it is possible to measure the size of the population within catchment areas at the same spatial level for all EU airports, allowing for consistent comparisons among airports. To illustrate the potential of the CORINE/GIS approach, the size of the population in the catchment areas of all European airports was determined. The empirical exercise has an aggregate perspective, but this database presents many other possibilities of analysis to perform in a case-by-case basis. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
KW - Airport catchment area
KW - CORINE
KW - GIS
KW - Modifiable Area Unit Problem
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.07.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0969-6997
VL - 34
SP - 12
EP - 16
JO - Journal of Air Transport Management
JF - Journal of Air Transport Management
ER -