ABSTRACT

From the end of World War II on, air transportation has been one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy. However, the terrorist actions on September 11, 2001, have created the potential for changes in the way airports are designed. Unfortunately, the full extent of changes is still unknown and their impact on design unresolved. Airport planning and design has been slowly evolving as the system has grown, and present design practices will remain unaffected. Some of the issues that planners will

have to cope with in the future to effectively react to the type of terrorist activity that occurred are presented in this section.