Transportation and the Environment

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CHAPTER 7 Sustainable Development and Airport Surface Access: The Role of Technological Innovation and Behavioral Change

TIM RYLEY, JAAFAR ELMIRGHANI, TOM BUDD, CHIKAGE MIYOSHI, KEITH MASON RICHARD MOXON, IMAD AHMED, BILAL QAZI AND ALBERTO ZANNI

7.1 INTRODUCTION

Sustainable development reflects an underlying tension between achiev-ing economic growth and addressing environmental challenges, and this is particularly the case for the aviation sector. Although the sector is largely considered to be economically and socially sustainable, it also generates environmental concerns because of climate change impacts from aviation-related emissions. Despite a dip due to the current economic recession, United Kingdom air travel has increased over ...

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