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Environmental technology and the future of flight
chapter
posted on 2015-05-26, 13:40 authored by Lucy Budd, Thomas BuddPurpose
To examine the role of new aeronautical technologies in improving commercial aviation’s environmental performance.
Methodology/approach
Reviews the environmental improvements that may be conferred through the adoption of alternative aviation fuels and new airframe, engine and navigation technologies.
Findings
Although aeronautical technologies have evolved considerably since the earliest days of powered flight, the aviation industry is now reaching a point of diminishing returns as growing global consumer demand for air transport outstrips incremental improvements in environmental efficiency. The chapter describes some of the technological interventions that are being pursued to improve aviation’s environmental performance and discusses the extent to which these innovations will help to deliver a more sustainable aviation industry.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Sustainable Aviation FuturesPages
87 - 108Citation
BUDD, L.C.S. and BUDD, T., 2013. Environmental technology and the future of flight. IN: Budd, L.C.S., Griggs, S. and Howarth, D. (eds). Sustainable Aviation Futures. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 87 - 108.Publisher
© Emerald Group PublishingVersion
- SMUR (Submitted Manuscript Under Review)
Publication date
2013Notes
This article is © Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/17610. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. The definitive version is available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S2044-9941(2013)0000004004ISBN
9781781905951ISSN
2044-9941Publisher version
Book series
Transport and Sustainability;4Language
- en