THE AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AS A FACTOR OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF A CENTRAL COMMUNICATION PORT

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of local and regional development factors from the theoreticalperspective and considers airport infrastructure as an important factor leading to development in the environment in which it occurs. Its purpose is to present the concept of development factors and indicate their types, as well as to characterize the airport infrastructure on the example of the Central Communication Port (CPK) project. According to the adopted goal, the main research problem was formulated: How does critical infrastructure affect local and regional development? Obtaining an answer to the above question required the use of qualitative methods, including a critical analysis of legal acts and selected items of literature on the subject. The analysis of the indicated areas shows that the establishment of the CPK will contribute to increasing the mobility of people, the development of tourism, and new opportunities for business (e.g. availability of attractive investment areas or the use of very good communication for more efficient transport of goods). An increase in the attractiveness of the areas around the CPK is also expected, which will certainly attract new investments, and these will translate into an increase in jobs and a real improvement in the quality of life of the local residents