Air Transport and the Environment

By Ben Daley

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754672867
• ISBN13: 9780754672869
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"