Urban tourism, aerotropolis and local economic development planning: Ekurhuleni and O.R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa

Abstract

One vibrant topic within the emerging scholarship around geographies of tourism development and planning concerns that of tourism and local economic development planning. Across many countries tourism is a core base for planning of place-based local economic development programmes. In post-apartheid South Africa the country’s leading cities have promoted tourism as part of economic development programming. This article examines planning for South Africa’s aerotropolis around the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni, which is adjacent to Johannesburg. Under circumstances of economic distress and the need for new sources of local job creation Ekurhuleni is undertaking planning for tourism development through leveraging and alignment to aerotropolis planning. The nexus of aerotropolis and urban tourism planning is analysed. Arguably, the strengthening of tourism in Ekurhuleni offers the potential for contributing towards inclusive development goals.

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Security Professionals’ Perceptions of Crime at the Oliver Reginald Tambo International Airport: Towards Sustainable Solutions

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Havali̇mani Şehri̇ Modeli̇

“…İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın ardından hava aracı ve seyrüsefer teknolojilerinin gelişmesi, insanların havayolu taşımacılığına özendirilmesi, devlet destekli havayolu firmalarının kurulması havalimanı yapılanmalarının genişlemesinde etkili olmuştur (Stevens, Baker ve Freestone, 2007;Yun, 2015;Rogerson, 2018). Ayrıca, havayolu taşımacılık sektöründeki yenilikler de havalimanı faaliyetlerine yönelik değişim gereksinimine zemin hazırlamıştır.…”

“…Diğer taraftan, dünya ticaret hacminin gelişmesi, rekabetçilikte hız ve zaman kavramlarının önem kazanması kargo faaliyetlerini ve mal hareketliliğini arttırmaktadır. Havalimanı şehirleri bu hareketliliğin en etkin şekilde gerçekleşmesini sağlayacak organizasyonları bir araya getirmektedir (Kasarda, 2000; Year:4, Volume:4, Number:7 / Yıl:4, Cilt:4, Sayı:7 / 2020 _/ I J M Schlaack, 2010;Vilenskii ve Veretennikova, 2017;Rogerson, 2018;Kasarda, 2019). Ayrıca hava kargo faaliyetlerinin gelişimi, havalimanı çevresine yönelik üretim tesislerinin konumlanmasını da kolaylaştırmaktadır.…”