On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019
Throughout the past decades, aviation has experienced a tremendous growth of passenger and cargo demand. This growth may come with problems however, when considering the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2015, particularly those related to the sustainable and fair use of res...
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| description | Throughout the past decades, aviation has experienced a tremendous growth of passenger and cargo demand. This growth may come with problems however, when considering the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2015, particularly those related to the sustainable and fair use of resources and reduction of inequalities among countries. This study discusses the air connectivity inequalities of countries from various perspectives, covering topology-based and schedule-based connectivity indicators. We focus on the connectivity changes of countries between the years 2000 and 2019, i.e., before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicate that our aviation system is dominated by a few highly-developed countries in Western Europe and Northern America. While this dominance is gradually weakened, mainly due to the emergence of aviation hubs in the Middle East and the role of China as a hub in Asia, there need to be more efforts towards a homogeneous aviation infrastructure. Moreover, the flight connectivity between countries appears to be correlated to the Human Development Index growth value, but not significantly correlated with the potential travel demand between countries. Finally, detailed analysis on network-induced inequalities of connectivity reveal that countries are most unequally distributed concerning betweenness centrality but most equally according to closeness centrality. We believe that our study contributes towards a better understanding of sustainable aviation planning and raises important policy issues concerning the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9414acb4c4545799bcb54a602c80adf2024-11-22T07:40:41ZengElsevierTransport Economics and Management2949-89962024-12-012310321On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019Xiaoqian Sun0Sebastian Wandelt1Anming Zhang2National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; Corresponding author.Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThroughout the past decades, aviation has experienced a tremendous growth of passenger and cargo demand. This growth may come with problems however, when considering the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2015, particularly those related to the sustainable and fair use of resources and reduction of inequalities among countries. This study discusses the air connectivity inequalities of countries from various perspectives, covering topology-based and schedule-based connectivity indicators. We focus on the connectivity changes of countries between the years 2000 and 2019, i.e., before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicate that our aviation system is dominated by a few highly-developed countries in Western Europe and Northern America. While this dominance is gradually weakened, mainly due to the emergence of aviation hubs in the Middle East and the role of China as a hub in Asia, there need to be more efforts towards a homogeneous aviation infrastructure. Moreover, the flight connectivity between countries appears to be correlated to the Human Development Index growth value, but not significantly correlated with the potential travel demand between countries. Finally, detailed analysis on network-induced inequalities of connectivity reveal that countries are most unequally distributed concerning betweenness centrality but most equally according to closeness centrality. We believe that our study contributes towards a better understanding of sustainable aviation planning and raises important policy issues concerning the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949899624000224AviationHuman developmentConnectivity |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoqian Sun Sebastian Wandelt Anming Zhang On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019 Transport Economics and Management Aviation Human development Connectivity |
| title | On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019 |
| title_full | On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019 |
| title_fullStr | On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019 |
| title_short | On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000–2019 |
| title_sort | on the relationship between air connectivity and economic development a comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000 2019 |
| topic | Aviation Human development Connectivity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949899624000224 |
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