CONTENTSI. CONTENTS ii II. List of tables iv III. List of figures iv IV. List of Abbreviations v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 STUDY CONCEPTUALISATION 4 1.1. Background of the Study 4 1.2. Need for the Study 5 1.3. Aim, Objectives and Methodology 5 CHAPTER 2 9 LITERATURE STUDY 9 2.1. Terms and Definitions 9 2.2. Airports as National and Regional Economic Motors 10 2.3. Case Study 1: Amsterdam Schiphol Hub Airport 12 2.4. Case study 2 - Shannon Airport 13 2.5. Other Case Studies 14 2.6. Conclusions 15 CHAPTER 3 18 3.1 OVERVIEW OF THE CITY 21 3.1.1. Introduction 18 3.1.2. Demographic Profile 19 3.1.3. Growth and Spatial Distribution 19 3.1.5. Land Use 20 3.2 OVERVIEW OF THE MIHAN PROJECT 21 3.2.1. Location decision 21 3.2.2. The concept of hub 22 3.2.3. Role and Magnitude of MIHAN Project 23 CHAPTER 4 27 4.1. ANALYSIS OF CITY 27 4.2 ANALYSIS OF MIHAN PROJECT 30 4.2.1. Introduction 30 4.2.2. Measures of Economic Impact 30 ( I ) Value Added (Change in the Gross Regional Product) 31 ( II ) Increase in Exports 33 ( III )Wealth and Employment Creation 34 ( IV ) Increase in the revenue from tourist 35 (V) Employment generated by MIHAN Project 35 (VI) Fiscal Benefits of the MIHAN project 37 4.2.3. Backward and Forward Linkages for the MIHAN Project 38 Backward Linkages 38 Forward Linkages 39 Key Findings 41 4.3. Physical impacts of MIHAN Project on city 42 4.4. Development of the area near MIHAN 43 4.5 SWOT Analysis 44 4.6. Major Findings from city level and project level analysis 46 4.7. City scenario in year 2031 47 4.8. With and without MIHAN senario 47 CHAPTER 5 49 5.1 Conclusion 49 5.2 Recommendations 50 Refrences 53