Abstract：In the era of globalization, the airports and their surrounding areas gradually evolves into the zones where the modern economic activities are high-clustered. On the base of reviewing the path of aviation economy, this paper summarizes the literature with dividing them into five aspects as following. Firstly, we summarize the related concepts and make concept definition and discrimination; Secondly, the mechanism of the formation and development of aviation economy, but comparing with the research on mechanism of formation, there are relatively few relevant research on the types and stage evolution of aviation economy; Thirdly, industrial classification and characteristics. The existed research focus distinguish between home and abroad, the foreign scholar's research mainly focus on the industrial characteristics and classification, while the Chinese scholars pay close attention to the industrial structure's evolution, industrial function and orientation, such as aviation economy's emergence and its' evolution path; Fourthly, industrial spatial structure, now relevant research can be divided into two parts, In addition to the industrial spatial structure, the aerial area's spatial expansion and driving mechanism such as the industry's spatial agglomeration and diffusion are also the study focus, but it is also found that micro-scale research is now still insufficient, which need further study; Lastly, the effect of aviation economy, it has been found by the western and Chinese scholars that the development of hub airport obviously boost the growth of regional economy, local employment and tourism industry, but it's necessary to make research expansion from airport to the integrated area around the airport.
张蕾, 陈雯. 国内外空港经济研究进展及其启示[J]. 人文地理, 2012, 27(6): 13-18,136.
ZHANG Lei, CHEN Wen. RESEARCH PROGRESS OF AVIATION ECONOMY HOME AND ABROAD. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2012, 27(6): 13-18,136.
