Air Transport and the Environment by Ben Daley - 2010

Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2010 First Edition 2010. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Farnham, Surrey. 8vo., 255 pp. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. The book was formerly owned by a university chair and has a corresponding invalidated stamp on the copyright page. " 'Airport 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, focussing 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. Various responses to those issues are also considered, including a range of policy options based on regulatory, market-based and voluntary approaches. Key concepts such as environmental capacity, radiative forcing and carbon offsetting are explained. In addition, the book emphasises the main implications of aviation environmental issues for policymakers and for the management of the air transport industry." (from the back board of the book)