This study conducted in the environs of five French airports presents suggestions for reconciling aviation requirements and nearby inhabitants' quality of life.

While airports are indispensable assets to the functioning of large metropolitan areas, they also stir many controversies that have become all the more pressing with rising tensions due to climate change and rising concerns about quality of life.
This book is the result of an in-depth study involving households that have recently relocated to the vicinities of five French airports. Drawing on a number of methods, it attempts to evaluate the various factors that have led to a change in living environment.