Airports as Actors in the in the Transformation of the Environment and Hydrological Environment

Teresita Cano Ricárdez, Cuauhtémoc Rafael Gonzalez García, and Vanessa Mendoza Nila

Universidad Estatal del Valle de Ecatepec (UNEVE) EDOMEX, México

Abstract: “How does an airport transform the environment of a region?” As a case study, the Cancun airport is proposed, which is the second in importance at the national level. It is explained that in the international civil aviation system there are norms and recommended methods that guide the construction of the airport infrastructure, to conserve and contribute to their environment in compensation of the social, economic, environmental and political transformation carried out. ASUR (aerodromes operations group) governed by Mexican aeronautical legislation, every 5 years presents its master development plan to contribute to the improvement of the environment and the prudent use of Cancun’s natural resources, thus, although the inhabitants have a contrary perception about the Cancun airport, it has become a sustainable infrastructure, which although it is true it modified the environment, nowadays it is the most important tourist bridge in the country leaving an economic development, social and cultural development superior to that of other airports. The above is concluded based on a mixed methodology that used the survey as an instrument for collecting information, statistics for data analysis and documentary information to provide legal support to the study.