Towards Sustainable Aviation

by Upham, Paul; Maughan, Janet; Raper, David; Thomas, Callum

• ISBN13: 9781853838187
• ISBN10: 1853838187
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Sustainability Handbook covers all the challenges, complexities and benefits of sustainability for businesses, governments and other organizations. It provides a blueprint for how organizations can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental ex

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes	vii
List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xiv
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	xvi
PART 1 TRENDS AND ISSUES
1 Introduction: perspectives on sustainability and aviation
Paul Upham	3	(16)
2 Organizational and growth trends in air transport
Ian Humphreys	19	(17)
3 The social and economic benefits of aviation
Robert Caves	36	(12)
4 The human health impacts of aviation
Ken Hume and Adrian Watson	48	(29)
5 The global atmospheric impacts of aviation
David Lee and David Raper	77	(20)
6 Aircraft noise, community relations and stakeholder involvement
Callum Thomas and Martin Lever	97	(18)
PART 2 MITIGATIONS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
7 Environmental management and the aviation industry
Paul Hooper,Bridget Heath and Janet Maughan	115	(16)
8 The potential for modal substitution
Milan Janic	131	(18)
9 Air freight and global supply chains: the environmental dimension
David Gillingwater, Ian Humphreys and Robert Watson	149	(13)
10 The potential offered by aircraft and engine technologies
Jacguetta Lee	162	(17)
11 Climate policy for civil aviation: actors, policy instruments and the potential for emissions reductions
Andreas Pastowski	179	(20)
PART 3 MULTISECTOR COMMENTARIES
12 Multisector commentaries on sustainability and aviation	199	(40)
Economic aspects of sustainability and UK aviation
Simon Bishop, Institute for Public Policy Research	199	(2)
Sustainable aviation: implications for economies in transition
Delia Dimitriu, TAROM Romanian Air Transport	201	(3)
Key issues in aviation environmental policy-making
Léonie Dobbie, Partner, GreenAscent (former Director, Aviation Environment, IATA, 1996-2002)	204	(7)
Towards sustainable aviation?
Brian Graham, University of Ulster	211	(2)
Aircraft noise: the NGO perspective
Tim Johnson, Aviation Environment Federation	213	(5)
Environmental and economic factors in airport capacity
Joop Krul, Schiphol Airport	218	(2)
Potential improvements to air traffic management
Arthur Lieuwen and Ted Elliff,EUROCONTROL	220	(3)
Making aviation less unsustainable: some pointers to the way ahead
Caroline Lucas, MEP	223	(2)
Sustainable aviation: what do you mean?
Mark McLellan, Partner, GreenAscent	225	(4)
Sustainability and aviation: problems and solutions
Beatrice Schel T&E	229	(3)
Airlines and sustainable development
Hugh Somerville, British Airways	232	(2)
The case for 'no growth'
John Whitelegg Liverpool John Moores University	234
13 Conclusion
Paul Upham	239	(3)
Index	242