TY - BOOK ID - 135590022 TI - Air transport and the environment PY - 2016 SN - 9781317183372 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Aeronautics KW - Environmental aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135590022 AB - 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. ER -