Abstract
The future of airports and aeromobilities looked much different before Covid-19.
Being a global growth-sector with a problematic environmental impact, the sector
showed little inclination to radically re-think its potential futures. However, the
advent of Covid-19 dramatically changed this. This paper is based on a research
project related to Airport City Futures that was initiated before Covid-19. This
timing, however, has enabled us to see a dramatic change in the assessment of
future scenarios. In the paper we present four basic future scenarios that include
both utopian and dystopian elements (business as usual, fortress airports, Ecoports, and Smart airports). We explore these on the background of a theoretical framework containing three themes: aeromobilities, future scenarios as a methodology, and the epidemic society. The paper thus explores the future of aeromobilities and potential innovations in air space by ‘thinking with’ Covid-19. It presents critical reflections on how to democratize the future of aeromobilities in light of global disruption.
Being a global growth-sector with a problematic environmental impact, the sector
showed little inclination to radically re-think its potential futures. However, the
advent of Covid-19 dramatically changed this. This paper is based on a research
project related to Airport City Futures that was initiated before Covid-19. This
timing, however, has enabled us to see a dramatic change in the assessment of
future scenarios. In the paper we present four basic future scenarios that include
both utopian and dystopian elements (business as usual, fortress airports, Ecoports, and Smart airports). We explore these on the background of a theoretical framework containing three themes: aeromobilities, future scenarios as a methodology, and the epidemic society. The paper thus explores the future of aeromobilities and potential innovations in air space by ‘thinking with’ Covid-19. It presents critical reflections on how to democratize the future of aeromobilities in light of global disruption.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research |
| Sider (fra-til) | 1-21 |
| Antal sider | 20 |
| ISSN | 1351-1610 |
| DOI | |
| Status | E-pub ahead of print - 20 mar. 2023 |
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