The Promise of the Aerotropolis Model in the United Arab Emirates: The Role of Spatial Proximity and Global Connectivity
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Abstract
This article investigates whether the region surrounding Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) replicates the theoretical postulations of the aerotropolis model developed by Kasarda. Kasarda has argued achieving an effective aerotropolis requires situating companies close to the airport based on their frequency of use in order to lower transactional costs. Based on self-administered questionnaires distributed to 306 cargo-related businesses, a Spearman rank correlation coefficient of 0.56 (p = 0.000) suggests a positive and moderate association between a firm's travel time to Dubai airport and the frequency of its use of airport facilities. About 76 % of businesses surveyed were located within <30 minutes’ drive of Dubai Airport and reported shipping either daily or weekly through the airport. Such clusters of airport-oriented activities around the airport provide further insight into the detailed spatial organization of the aerotropolis urban form. Findings suggest that two differ...
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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