Another great article by Rose Bridger, who has published a 22-page slideshow called: “Climate Change, Concrete, Capitalism & the Airport City – What’s really going on at Manchester Airport, and with aviation worldwide.” A PDF version is presented below, with … Continue reading
Rose Bridger has produced another excellent article, ‘Rise of the Aerotroplis’, published in the Sept/Oct issue of Third World RESURGENCE. The concept of aerotropolis began roughly fifty years ago, when federal aviation agencies conceived massive new airport developments, scaled up … Continue reading
Aerotropolis Update: An extensive 23-page report, listing aerotropolis projects across the globe. Click on the image below to see the Post at antiaerog.org:
Rose Bridger is a prolific researcher and writer on the impacts of aerotropolis developments around the world. There is a clear trend where elected officials are ‘collaborating’ with developers to create airport projects on steroids. The projects almost always include … Continue reading
Anyone who has been employed in aviation or studied aviation history knows that airports, airlines and manufacturers rely heavily on political support and governmental subsidy. In fact, a whole new industry has developed in recent decades to feed this relationship. Just like … Continue reading
A new brochure has been published by Finance & Trade Watch, an NGO based in Vienna, Austria. Authored by Magdalena Heuwieser, the 24-pages debunk many of the most common forms of aviation greenwashing. The brochure includes lots of interesting insight … Continue reading
Rose Bridger’s latest paper takes a close look at Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Practically speaking, SEZs are an evolved form of entities such as the Port of Seattle, which was a special authority created by the state of Washington, when … Continue reading
The imbalance of power between aviation and local residents is troubling. In the United States, we commonly see where the federal regulator, FAA, ‘collaborates’ with airport authorities, airlines, operators and other industry players to run roughshod over local communities. Aviation … Continue reading
From an email sent out by GAAM… Global Anti-Aerotropolis Movement (GAAM) is helping to mobilize for a ‘Global Action Week: Stay Grounded. Aviation Growth Cancelled Due to Climate Change’. The initiative is spearheaded by Vienna-based ‘System Change, Not Climate Change!’. … Continue reading