Built systems 175
Distance from city center to nearest major transportation terminals (km)
London
Berlin+Rome+Bucharest+Stockholm+Barcelona+Nantes
Chicago+San Diego/Tijuana+Philadelphia+Ottawa
Edmonton
Por
tland
Atlanta
Mexico City
Santiago
Brasilia+Tegucigalpa
Iquitos
- Cairo
*
Nairobi
+
Bamako+East London
Abeche
Beijing
**
MoscowSeoul
*
Te h r a n
*
Sapporo+Ulaanbaatar
Erzurum
Kagoshima
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur+Cuttack
Samarinda
Canberra
Rahimyar Khan
Europe North
America
Latin
America
Africa West-East
Asia
South Asia-
Australia
Avera
ge
Geographic area, with cities from large to small population
90
70
30
50
10
0
= Shipping/ferryport
= Nearest airport
= Second nearest airport
105 128
Figure 7.6Distance from city center to nearest coastal port and two nearest airports
relative to geography and city size. 10 km = 6.2 mi. See Figure 7.2 caption.
Cropland is the primary land use in most urban regions so land lost to airport
construction, transportation, and associated facilities is normally insignificant
regionally. Typically built areas around an airport grew up around it. Runway
and infrastructure expansion of a major city or military airport is a strong force,
so the airport should be located distant from key natural and cultural resources.