Climate Change and Aviation : Issues, Challenges and Solutions (Hardcover)

Introduction: Aviation and Climate Change in Context * Part I: Aviation and Atmosphere * Aviation and Climate Change: The Science * Calculating Emissions and Radiative Forcing: Global, National, Local, Individual * Aviation in a Low-carbon EU * Part II: Drivers and Trends * Low-cost Aviation * Hypermobile Travellers * Airline Trends in Europe: Network Consolidation and the Mainstreaming of Low Cost Strategies * Part III: Socio-economics and Politics * Aeropolitics and Economics of Aviation Emissions Migration * Aviation and Economic Development: the Implications of Environmental Costs on Different Airline Business Models and Flight Networks * Air Freight: Trends and Issues * Practice(s) and Ratchett(s): A Sociological Examination of Frequent Flying * Aviation Coalitions: Drivers of Growth and Implications for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction * Part IV: Mitigation * Technical and Management Reduction Potentials * Biofuels, Aviation and Sustainability: Prospects and Limits * Voluntary Carbon Offsetting for Air Travel * Aviation and Climate Change: Assessment of Policy Options * Conclusion * Index