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Air transport and the environment /
Air Transport and the Environment provides an overview of the main issues relating to aviation environmental impacts. It explains the challenge facing policymakers in terms of sustainable development, focusing on the importance of balancing the industry's economic, social and environmental cost...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Air Transport and the Environment provides an overview of the main issues relating to aviation environmental impacts. It explains the challenge facing policymakers in terms of sustainable development, focusing on the importance of balancing the industry's economic, social and environmental costs and benefits, both for people living now and for future generations. Individual chapters review the current scientific understanding of the main aviation environmental impacts: climate change, local air pollution and aircraft noise. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754690894 075469089X 0754672867 9780754672869 |