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Towards sustainable aviation /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling, VA :
Earthscan Publications,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.