Broschiertes Buch

Climate Change and Aviation

Issues, Challenges and Solutions

Herausgeber: Gossling, Stefan; Upham, Paul

Beschreibung

Trends such as the massive growth in availability of air travel and air freight are among those which have led to aviation becoming one of the fastest growing emitters of greenhouse gases. Presenting the science of the environmental issues, this book covers drivers and trends of growth, socio-economics and politics, as well as mitigation options.

Autor

Dr. Stefan Gossling is a professor at the Department of Service Management, Lund University, and research coordinator at the Centre of Sustainable Tourism at the Western Norway Research Institute. He is specialising in tourism and transport sustainability, and has recently contributed to the IPCC's fourth Assessment Report as well as UNWTO-UNEP-WMO report Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges. Dr. Paul Upham is a Research Fellow in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester, UK. He is an environmental social scientist specialising in public and stakeholder opinion of low carbon energy options and scenarios and has a research background in aviation climate and sustainability policy.

Produktdetails

• Earthscan Climate
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9781844076208
• ISBN-10: 1844076202
• Artikelnr.: 25709637