Dallas / Buffalo / Bangkok / Panama City / Newark / DUBAI / Washington / D.C. / Memphis / Omaha / Pittsburgh / Fort Worth / Detroit / Amsterdam / Kuala Lumpur / Denver / Wilkes Barre / BRISBANE / Boston / Guangzhou / Kansas City / Atlanta / Seoul / BEIJING / Charleston / Chicago / /
Company
General Electric / Wanxiang Group / Advanced Manufacturing / Tempo Group / Jones Lang LaSalle / Aerotropolis Development Corporation / Chrysler / Panatropolis Ltd. / Ford / Boeing / Wayne County / FedEx / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Thailand / Canada / Australia / Philippines / China / India / Taiwan / Mexico / United States / Vietnam / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Company Expansion / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / Environmental Issue / M&A / /
Facility
Airport Schiphol / Kinston’s airport / DFW Airport / Denver International Airport / University of North Carolina / Brisbane Airport / Fort Worth’s airport / UNC’s Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise / Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport / GE plant / Willow Run Airport / University of Michigan / Detroit Metro Airport / Subic Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport / JFK airport / University of Chicago / Cornell University / Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise / Stapleton Airport / Schiphol International Airport / Chapel Hill / Hong Kong International Airport / Los Angeles International Airport / /
IndustryTerm
airline passengers / real estate / physical internet / cheapest real estate / trade infrastructure / make products / telecommunications / manufacturing / high-tech workers / communications reality / Business travel / high-tech industry / failed coal mining town / conveyor systems / newfangled telecommunications / steel industry / high-tech hub / computer systems / retail sales / car parts / internet make just-in time / air travel / retail stores / transportation infrastructure / manufacturing plants / spin-off / /
NaturalFeature
Susquehanna River / Chapel Hill / Subic Bay / /
Organization
Cornell University / UNC’s Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise / Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise / Carter administration / Exhibition Center / University of North Carolina / Congress / White House / the University of Chicago / the University of Michigan / Chinese government / Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC / /
Person
Amos Hawley / Obama / JACK KASARDA / Coal / Bob Ficano / James Martin / Greg Lindsay / John D. Kasarda / /
Position
young professor / President / transpark model / sociologist / freelance writer / CEO / PROFESSOR / manufacturing and business leader / business reporter / Governor / director / chair / /
Product
747s / /
ProvinceOrState
Southern California / New York / Michigan / DUBAI / Pennsylvania / North Carolina / /
PublishedMedium
Advertising Age / Fast Company / New York Magazine / BusinessWeek / /
Region
southeastern Michigan / Southern California / North Texas / /
New Songdo City, an aerotropolis built from scratch on a man-made island thirty miles southwest of Seoul, South Korea, is the best example of how airports are now the linchpin to urban development around the world. Photo courtesy of Gale International and TK/PR Public Relations.