Browsing by Author "Pallares-Barbera, Montserrat"

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    An appraisal of the CORINE land cover database in airport catchment area analysis using a GIS approach.
    (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-01-31T00:00:00Z) Suau-Sanchez, Pere; Burghouwt, Guillaume; Pallares-Barbera, Montserrat
    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 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.
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    Incorporating annoyance in airport environmental policy: Noise, societal response and community participation
    (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2011-03-31T00:00:00Z) Suau-Sanchez, Pere; Pallares-Barbera, Montserrat; Paül, Valerià
    Airport capacity continues to be one of the air transport issues that creates the most concern. The major environmental constraint for airports is the noise generated by aircraft. Annoyed communities living around airports have become a limiting factor for airport capacity and operability. This paper brings together the existing literature in the fields of airport environmental capacity, non-acoustic factors of noise annoyance, NIMBYism and environmental conflicts. We also analyze the socio-environmental conflict between Barcelona airport and the community of Gaya Mar. This case shows that the lack of trust between parties, the impossibility of predicting noise exposure, the absence of opportunities for civil society to speak and the difficulty of accessing relevant information foster annoyance and mobilization in the communities that live around the airport. In addition, it is shown that, in such a situation, communities' reactions can evolve to a post-NIMBY stage in which proactive attitudes replace reactive ones. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.