Dear collegues,
Jiaoe Wang and I have the honour of convening two special sessions
within the 2016 International Geographical Congress (Beijing, 21-25
August 2016) under the auspices of the IGU Commission on Transport and
Geography.
*Comparative air transport geographies I: China and other BRIC countries*
*Rationale:*
China is experiencing dramatic expansion and changes in its airline
network on all levels (sub-national, national, regional and global) that
can be interpreted as a consequence of its rather recent integration
into the world system and the globalised economy, internal and
international migrations, growing middle class boosting the demand for
tourism, with a new geopolitical focus on various places including
Sub-Saharan African countries, etc.
While several academic works have investigated China’s airline network
dynamics, little has been done to compare them with changes experienced
by other emerging, large economies such as India, Russia and Brazil (the
so-called BRIC countries). Yet each of these countries has followed a
specific method of joining the world-system and the globalised economy.
One can thus expect that the impacts on (and the overall dynamics of)
each airline network have been different.
In this context, we would welcome any geographical papers investigating
changes in airline networks. All scales (namely domestic, continental or
intercontinental networks) and approaches are welcome, provided the
authors compare China with at least one other BRIC country.
*Potential topics include:*
o The determinants of airline networks or of passenger/good flows at
the (inter-) metropolitan
o The geopolitics of aviation liberalisation and its geography at the
country-pair level
o Network dynamics crossed with regional economic typologies (namely,
which kind of spaces are affected by airline network dynamics?)
o Inclusion vs. exclusion of peripheral/remote areas
o Trends in charter flights
o Spatial impacts of air transport
o The case for airport noise (e.g., social geography of protests, how
do local authorities deal with it?)
o The geography of low-cost carrier operations
o Network strategies led by national airlines out of their home country
*Comparative air transport geographies II: China and Europe/North America*
*Rationale:*
China is experiencing dramatic expansion and changes in its airline
network on all levels (sub-national, national, regional and global) that
can be interpreted as a consequence of its rather recent integration
into the world system and the globalised economy, internal and
international migrations, growing middle class boosting the demand for
tourism, with a new geopolitical focus on various places including
Sub-Saharan African countries, etc.
While several academic works have investigated China’s airline network
dynamics, little has been done to compare them with changes experienced
in Northern America and in Europe, either at earlier times or currently.
The question here is whether or not China’s aviation is following
similar pathways than the two major economic blocs. In both cases,
analysing the rationale for converging or diverging pathways would be
stimulating, as it would help to illuminate the relationships between
airline networks, political systems, international relations, the
modalities of economic development, etc.
In this context, we would welcome any geographical papers investigating
changes in airline networks. All scales (namely domestic, continental or
intercontinental networks) and approaches are welcome, provided the
authors compare China with Northern America and/or Europe.
*Potential topics include:*
o The determinants of airline networks or of passenger/good flows at
the (inter-) metropolitan
o The geopolitics of aviation liberalisation and its geography at the
country-pair level
o Network dynamics crossed with regional economic typologies (namely,
which kind of spaces are affected by airline network dynamics?)
o Inclusion vs. exclusion of peripheral/remote areas
o Trends in charter flights
o Spatial impacts of air transport
o The case for airport noise (e.g., social geography of protests, how
do local authorities deal with it?)
o The geography of low-cost carrier operations
o Network strategies led by national airlines out of their home country
o The impacts of metropolitan patterns (including suburbanization and
edge cities) on propensity to fly
o Competition between (and integration of) high-speed rail and air
transport
*Timeline*
• Abstract submission: Until 15th February 2016
• Notification of acceptance: April 2016
• Early registration: Until 16th April 2016
• Conference: 21-25 August 2016
*Submission Procedure*
Please submit your abstract as follows:
1. Through the conference website (you will not need to pay the
conference fees at this stage): http://www.igc2016.org. Please select
the appropriate session.
2. And by email to both [log in to unmask] and
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*Contact*
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*Other thematic sessions*
Please note that the IGU Commission on Transport and Geography also
organizes the following sessions:
• High-speed Rail: Accessibility and Regional Development -
Convenors: Fengjun Jin & Teqi Dai
• Smart Cities & Transit Oriented Development - Convenors: Becky Loo
& Richard Knowles
• Transport, Logistics and Global Consumption Networks - Convenor:
James Wang
• Transport and Social Equity - Convenors: Pengjun Zhao & Karen Lucas
Kind regards,
J.W. & F.D.
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Dr Frédéric Dobruszkes
Dr Frédéric Dobruszkes
Directeur du Centre Interuniversitaire d’Étude de la Mobilité (CIEM)
*Bureau :*Campus du Solbosch, Sq. Groupe G, bâtiment U, porte B, niveau
5, accès UB5.229
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Belgique
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FNRS Research Associate
Université libre de Bruxelles, Sciences-DGES-IGEAT
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*Last papers:*
Dobruszkes F., Graham A.,*Air transport liberalisation and airline
network dynamics: Investigating the complex relationships
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692315001374>*,
Journal of Transport Geography
Dobruszkes F., Mondou V., Ghédira A.,*Assessing the impacts of aviation
liberalisation on tourism
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096669231500112X>*,
Journal of Transport Geography
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