Towards sustainable aviation
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
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| Sprache: | English |
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Sterling, VA
Earthscan Publications
2003
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction: perspectives on sustainability and aviation / Paul Upham -- Organizational and growth trends in air transport / Ian Humphreys -- The social and economic benefits of aviation / Robert Caves -- The human health impacts of aviation / Ken Hume and Adrian Watson -- The global atmospheric impacts of aviation / David Lee and David Raper -- Aircraft noise, community relations and stakeholder involvement / Callum Thomas and Martin Lever -- Environmental management and the aviation industry / Paul Hooper, Bridget Heath and Janet Maughan -- The potential for modal substitution / Milan Janic -- Air freight and global supply chains: the environmental dimension / David Gillingwater, Ian Humphreys and Robert Watson -- The potential offered by aircraft and engine technologies / Jacquetta Lee -- Climate policy for civil aviation: actors, policy instruments and the potential for emissions reductions / Andreas Pastowski -- Multisector commentaries on sustainability and aviation. Economic aspects of sustainability and UK aviation / Simon Bishop ; Sustainable aviation: implications for economies in transition / Delia Dimitriu ; Key issues in aviation environmental policy-making / Léonie Dobbie ; Towards sustainable aviation? / Brian Graham ; Aircraft noise: the NGO perspective / Tim Johnson ; Environmental and economic factors in airport capacity / Joop Krul ; Potential improvements to air traffic management / Arthur Lieuwen and Ted Elliff ; Making aviation less unsustainable: some pointers to the way ahead / Caroline Lucas ; Sustainable aviation: what do you mean? / Mark McLellan ; Sustainability and aviation: problems and solutions / Beatrice Schell ; Airlines and sustainable development / Hugh Somerville ; The case for 'no growth' / John Whitelegg Aviation is integral to the global economy but it is also one of the main obstacles to environmentally sustainable development. It is one of the world's fastest growing - and most polluting - industries. What can be done to retain the economic and other benefits it brings without the associated pollution noise congestion and loss of countryside? In this volume industry policy and research experts examine how to address the problems and what it would take to achieve genuinely sustainable aviation - looking at technological policy and demand-management options. Without far-reaching changes the p |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 248 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1417542713 1849773408 1853838179 1853838187 9781417542710 9781849773409 9781853838170 9781853838187 |