Anna Gasco is head of urbanism at the Academy of Architecture at the Amsterdam University of the Arts in the Netherlands. She is an architect and urban designer with over twenty years of international experience in practice, research, and teaching.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresPreface by Kees ChristiaanseThe Urban Planning Rationale of AirportsAnalytical FrameAirport Urbanism?Airports and Cities, a Multifaceted RelationshipCurrent Spatial Models of Airport-related Urban DevelopmentsEnlarging the Frame: Singapore's Airport Urban TerritoryThe Singapore CaseA Centralised System"Hinterlandisation", the SIJORI Cross-Border RegionSingapore's Flight Information Region (FIR), a History of Borders and Spatial ControlTracing the Airport's Urban TerritoryMultiple ActorsSpecific Case StudiesMobile Methods and Empirical ResearchA Portrait Of Singapore Changi AirportAtlasFieldwork JourneyA Airport as DestinationAirport PlatformAirport PeripheryPerishables FlowsHigh-value FlowsTourism FlowsEmpirical ExplorationsThe Airport IslandEarly Developments of the Changi AreaThe Path to ChangiCurrent Airport LayoutLocation in the surrounding urban structureEffects on City PlanningPosition within regional transport networksThe Changi East ProjectThe Productive LandscapePerishable Networks of Ornamental FlowersPerishable Networks of Ornamental FishHigh-value Networks of ElectronicsThe Leisure LandscapeCross-border Tourism NetworksBintan Segregated Leisure UrbanisationExceptional Governance and related societal and environmental externalitiesSpatial Typological ClassificationINVESTIGATIONSChangi Airport's Urban Territory: A Spatial ReadingChangi Extended Airport Region: Limitations and PotentialsThe Emergence of a New Image: Underlying Parameters and Typological ReadingOutlook and Concepts for Better Airport-related Developments Bibliography IndexBibliographyIndex

"This book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners of airport urbanism. Investigating one of the world's top aviation hubs through the lens of urban design, Gasco pinpoints the key factors that drive successful airport-led development. These 'six principles' offer valuable insights for anyone involved in the planning and design of airports -- and the cities that they serve."– Max Hirsh, Managing Director, Airport City Academy"Drawing on data from many sources, including site visits and archival research, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the urbanization processes associated with Singapore's Changi Airport. Its strength is its multi-scalar approach, which involves studying the airport and its grounds, the immediate surroundings, the national level, and then the interactions beyond Singapore's borders. This deep dive into the data, combined with a sophisticated 'layering' of its influences and interactions, makes for an exceptionally comprehensive and rich study of this key infrastructure." - Francis E. Hutchinson, Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and Co-Editor of The SIJORI Series"If you want to see, feel, and grasp the inner workings of our contemporary urban condition, you have to follow Anna in her vivid and brilliant investigation. Cleverly taking Singapore's Changi Airport as her vantage point, she leads us through the scales and spaces of modernity – runways, freeports, jungle flower farms, high-end electronic manufacturing, resorts – to forever change our understanding of what a city is." - Christian Salewski, architect and urban designer, Director of ETH Zurich Airports and Cities Research Platform