shopping cart
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Interviews | June 19, 2009

All posts by Dave Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

3 comments By Dave

If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »

  1. $18.16 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Border Songs

    Jim Lynch
Ships free on qualified orders.
$56.25
TRADE PAPER, NEW
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
available for shipping or prepaid pickup only
Qty Store Section
15 Local Warehouse Science Reference- Technology
Click here to hide store locations


More copies of this ISBN:

This title in other formats:

Airport Planning & Management

by Alexander T. Wells

Airport Planning & Management Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

""Excellent and comprehensive."" --Bookends <P>""A must-read for students and anyone wanting to learn more about the how and why of airports."" --Airliners <P>Extensively revised and updated to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry, this new edition of the benchmark text and reference in airport planning and management brings aviation students and professionals comprehensive, timely, and authoritative coverage of a challenging field. <P>"Airport Planning & Management," by Alexander Wells, Ed.D. and Seth B. Young, Ph.D., is an essential resource for understanding fundamentals, as well as current developments in policy and practice in airport management. Covering planning and managing techniques, new technologies, statistics, trends, and regulatory issues, this is a complete and comprehensive course in airports. <P>Offering expert guidance on airport site selection, design, access, financing, law and regulation, security, capacity, technological advances, and other issues essential to the development and management of airports, "Airport Planning & Management" brings you a true insider's view of airport decision-making. <P>NEW OR EXPANDED IN THE FIFTH

Book News Annotation:

Wells, recently retired from the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Young, (airport and transportation management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) have revised and updated material to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry in this fifth edition of a text and reference for students and professionals in aviation. Coverage encompasses fundamentals as well as current policy and practice in airport management, with material on new technologies and regulatory issues, and guidance on airport site selection, design, financing, and security.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

This updated edition includes expanded airspace and air traffic control systems coverage. It also covers new legislation, such as the Aviation Improvement and Reform Act and the Aviation & Transportation Security Act.

Synopsis:

"Excellent and comprehensive." —Bookends

"A must-read for students and anyone wanting to learn more about the how and why of airports." —Airliners

Extensively revised and updated to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry, this new edition of the benchmark text and reference in airport planning and management brings aviation students and professionals comprehensive, timely, and authoritative coverage of a challenging field.

Airport Planning & Management, by Alexander Wells, Ed.D. and Seth B. Young, Ph.D., is an essential resource for understanding fundamentals, as well as current developments in policy and practice in airport management. Covering planning and managing techniques, new technologies, statistics, trends, and regulatory issues, this is a complete and comprehensive course in airports.

Offering expert guidance on airport site selection, design, access, financing, law and regulation, security, capacity, technological advances, and other issues essential to the development and management of airports, Airport Planning & Management brings you a true insider's view of airport decision-making.

NEW OR EXPANDED IN THE FIFTH

back to top

About the Author

Alexander T. Wells, Ed.D., recently retired Professor at the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, is a consultant to airport management with over 25 years of experience. He is the author of such leading texts as Commercial Aviation Safety Second Edition, also from McGraw-Hill.

Seth B. Young is an Associate Professor of Airport and Transportation Management in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Dr. Young has extensive experience in airport management consulting, is a certified member of the American Association of Airport Executives, and holds a current FAA instrument-rated private pilots certificate.

back to top

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

PART I: AIRPORTS AND AIRPORT SYSTEMS

Chapter 1: Airports and Airport Systems: An Introduction

Chapter 2: Airports and Airport Systems: Organization and Administration

Chapter 3: Airports and Airport Systems: A Historical and Legislative Perspective

PART II: THE COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPORT

Chapter 4: The Airfield

Chapter 5: Airspace and Air Traffic Control

Chapter 6: Airport Terminals and Ground Access

PART III: AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Chapter 7: Airport Operations Management Under FAR Part 139

Chapter 8: Airport Security

Chapter 9: Airport Financial Management

PART IV: AIRPORT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 10: The Economic, Political, and Social Role of Airports

Chapter 11: Airport Planning

Chapter 12: Airport Capacity and Delay

Chapter 13: The Future of Airport Management

PHONETIC ALPHABET

ABBREVIATIONS

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS: 14 CFR-AERONAUTICS AND SPACE, PARTS 1 THROUGH 199

(and more...)

back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
Nantha Gopal, March 30, 2009 (view all comments by Nantha Gopal)
Sincerely, i find this book extremely trilling. It's a must read for Aviation & Airlines Lovers as it gives an inside into Airport Management which many of never think about. The authors have done a good job.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780071413015
Author:
Wells, Alexander T.
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Author:
Young, Seth
Author:
Young, Seth B.
Location:
New York
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Aviation - General
Subject:
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Subject:
Airports
Subject:
Industries - Transportation
Subject:
General Transportation
Subject:
Airports -- Management.
Subject:
Airports -- Planning.
Copyright:
2004
Edition Number:
5
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY REGULATIONS<H4>FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 150 SERIES <H4>GLOSSARY<H4>INDEX
Series Volume:
14
Publication Date:
October 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
572
Dimensions:
9.16x7.32x1.50 in. 2.20 lbs.
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $72.00 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    Cognition (3RD 02 - Old Edition)

    Mark H. Ashcraft
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.