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tions.  In nearly all episodes, terra firma, is no longer part of the Jetsen’s

                                                    existence.



                                                    In the last three decades, the Aerotropolis has been championed by Dr

                                                    John D. Kasarda. (Kasarda J. & Lindsay, 2011)(Posada, 2013).

                                                     The practical expression or design of Aerotropolis is more complex than
                                                    the definition.  Kasarda expressed a simple definition of an Aerotropolis:


                                                     [It]  “Is  basically  an  airport-integrated  region,  extending  as  far  as  sixty
                                                    miles  from the  inner  clusters of  hotels, offices, distribution and logistics
                                                    facilities…All kinds of activities are served by and enhanced by the air-
                                                    port. Whether it’s supply chain, whether it’s enterprise networks, whether

                                                    it’s biosciences and  pharmaceuticals and time sensitive organic materials,
                                                    the airport itself is really the nucleus of a range of ‘New Economic func-
                                                    tions’ with the ultimate aim of bolstering the city’s “competitiveness, job

                                                    creation, and quality of life”.  (Kasarda J. & Lindsay, 2011, p.174)



                                                    A key features of the Aerotropolis paradigm are expressed in a series of

                                                    key words and phrases.  “Survival of the Fastest”; “Supply chain and value
                                                    chain”; “Frictionless”, “Survival of the Fastest” is a phrase Kasarda uses                         (Kasarda & Lindsay 2011)
                                                    adopted from Alvin Toffler, to describe the imperative need for all levels of
                                                    the production cycle and supply chain to have a rapid delivery so that it

                                                    can compete against other regions in the competitive global market.
                                                    (Kasarda & Lindsay 2011, 162, 174)  Kasarda has considered a number of
                                                    important factors in defining the characteristic of an effective Aerotropolis,
                                                    they include:


                                                      “1. Developments should cluster together—manufacturing in one place,
                                                      corporate offices in another, homes in a third, etc.
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