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Atlanta\u27s Thriving Air Transportation Industry: Employment and Wages, 1990-2010 [PDF]

, 2012
Air transportation is a popular form of travel in the United States and a thriving industry in the Atlanta metropolitan area, primarily Fulton County. Fulton County’s employment concentration for air transportation is higher than any other industry, and ...
Dotson, Matthew
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Internalization of airport congestion: a network analysis [PDF]

Strategic Direction, 2002
The likely resurgence of air traffic in the U.S. means that airport congestion is a problem that must soon be confronted by policy makers. As part of their policy response, it is probable that some form of congestion pricing will be imposed at selected U.S. airports in the relatively near future.
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Serum PFAS in Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Firefighters From Six U.S. Airport Fire Departments

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Use of aqueous film‐forming foam (AFFF) is a source of exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for firefighters working in aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) settings. However, data characterizing the association between serum PFAS concentrations and exposure risk factors for ARFF firefighters are limited ...
Miriam M. Calkins, Yiwen Liu, Gavin Horn, Antonia M. Calafat, Judith M. Graber, Shawn C. Beitel, Alberto J. Caban‐Martinez, Julianne Cook Botelho, Randy Krause, Rob Mathis, Jeff Hughes, Casey Grant, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Amy Nematollahi, Alesia M. Jung, Alissa D. Coleman, Sally Littau, Brooke A. Hawkes, Alexander C. Mayer, Jefferey L. Burgess   +19 more
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Rockfill embankment construction and testing methods for airfield pavement

Discover Civil Engineering
This paper presents a comprehensive study on construction techniques, quality control protocols, and performance validation methods for rock-fill embankments in airfield pavement applications.
Ramalingeswara Rao Akasapu, Chanderbhan Manwani, Vinod Rao   +2 more
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Expert In-depth Interview on Development and Efficiency of “RIGA International Airport” Reflecting Factors

Economics and Business, 2016
The aim of the paper is to identify development ways and effectiveness of RIGA International Airport. Theoretical evidence was examined and expert in-depth interview was carried out to explore the main circumstances affecting RIGA International Airport ...
Paramonovs Sergejs, Ijevleva Ksenija
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Forecasting airport passenger traffic: the case of Hong Kong International Airport [PDF]

, 2011
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the main gateways to Mainland China and the major aviation hub in Asia. An accurate airport traffic demand forecast allows for short and long-term planning and decision making regarding airport facilities and ...
Balli, Hatice Ozer, Gower, Hamish, Tsui, Wai Hong Kan   +2 more
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Airport Walking: A Guide [PDF]

, 2015
A study found that signs placed in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to promote passengers walking to airport gates rather than taking shuttles resulted in several hundred more passengers a day choosing to walk (ceiling-mounted ...
Ginny M. Frederick, Janet E. Fulton, John D. Omura, Prabasaj Paul   +3 more
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Study the Compatibility of Land Uses Surrounding International Airports (Case Study Hurghada International Airport) [PDF]

African Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020
This paper presents a framework and analytical studies to evaluate the impacts of airport locations on the surrounding urban area and land uses. This work is based on reviewing the impacts of some international airports on land uses and compared them with those of Hurghada International Airport in Egypt. The description of land use surrounding Hurghada
Abdel Latif Younes, Abdelzaher Mostafa, Mohamed Ouf, Shady Noureldin, Sahar Abd elhady   +4 more
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