Advances in Earth Science ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (11): 1260-1267. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2015.11.1260

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The Theoretical Sources, Innovation of Methodologies and Practice of the Exploitation and Utilization of Airspace in Western Countries

Lu Zi 1, Du Xinru 2   

  1. 1. School of Tourism,Hebei Normal University,Shijiazhuang 050024,China;
    2. School of Resource and Environment,Hebei Normal University,Shijiazhuang 050024,China
  • Received:2015-09-29 Revised:2015-11-05 Online:2015-11-20 Published:2015-11-20
  • About author:First author: Lu Zi(1960-), male, Beijing City, Professor. Research areas include regional development and management. E-mail: luzi1960@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China “The spatial relationship of interpersonal node in social networking services community”(No.41271142)

Lu Zi, Du Xinru. The Theoretical Sources, Innovation of Methodologies and Practice of the Exploitation and Utilization of Airspace in Western Countries[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2015, 30(11): 1260-1267.

The continuing air traffic growth causes the full development and utilization of theoretical construction, methodology research and application practice in airspace, which aims at changing the fixed airspace structure and sector boundaries. The geometry of sectors has stayed relatively constant despite the fact that route structures and demand have changed dramatically over the past decade. Only the dynamic airspace sectorization can accommodate the traffic demands. This paper first analyzes the current theoretical sources of the airspace development and utilization, which includes next generation air transportation system, flexible use of airspace and balanced sector. Second, this paper evaluates changes of methodology and also summaries the transfer from Dynamic Airspace Configuration (DAC) to Dynamic Airspace Sectorization (DAS), 2D-DAS methods to 3D-DAS methods in Dynamic Airspace Sectorization. Then, the paper identifies drawbacks in Agent Based Model (ABM) and proposes improved Agent Based Model (iABM). Finally based on change of airspace utilization, the future expanding of research of geography to airspace is proposed.
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