Airport Regions Conference

ARC - Airport Regions Conference - is an association of European cities and regions that host major international airports. [cite news |title=Lotniska jeszcze nie ma, za to członkostwo jest (There is no airport yet, but there is membership) |url=http://szukaj.gazetawyborcza.pl/archiwum/1,0,4957891.html |work=Gazeta Wyborcza |date=2007-09-17 |accessdate=2008-03-30 |language=Polish ] It was founded in 1994. [cite journal |last=Alexander |first=E. R. |year=1998 |month=June |title=Amsterdam in the Red Queen's Country: Interorganizational coordination and EU-local interaction in spatial planning and policy |journal=European Planning Studies |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=283–298 |doi=10.1080/09654319808720462 |url=http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a777115330~db=all |accessdate= 2008-03-30 |quote= ]

Purpose and mission

The common concern of ARC and its members is to balance the economic benefits generated by the airports against their environmental impact. The ARC debates practical urban issues, [cite book |title=Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context |last=Bischof |first=Günter |coauthors=Pelinka, Anton; Gehler, Michael |year=2006 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=141280521X |pages=p. 201 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MNppUW0oVF8C&pg=PA201&dq=%22Airport+Regions+Conference%22&num=100&sig=BsmvpKMCRmFzm-7Mws1wQ-KyBUg ] bringing together a wide range of expertise at the interface of air transport and local and regional policies, aiming to strengthen the position of cities and regions against higher level forces. [cite book |title=Cities in Transition: Globalization, Political Change and Urban Development |last=Schneider-Sliwa |first=Rita |year=2006 |publisher=Springer |isbn=1402038666 |pages=p. 246 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I2hPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Airport+Regions+Conference%22&dq=%22Airport+Regions+Conference%22&num=100&pgis=1 ] ARC represents more than 30 European regions and cities with about 100 million citizens.

References

External links

* [http://www.airportregions.org Official site]