Air transportation in a carbon constrained world: Long-term dynamics of policies and strategies for mitigating the carbon footprint of commercial aviation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1077-1091

  Sgouridis, Sgouris ^a,b   Bonnefoy, Philippe A ^a,b   Hansman, R John ^a,b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Carbon constraints; Environment; Policy analysis; System dynamics modeling

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AVIATION; BIOFUELS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CIVIL AVIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY; AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; CARBON CONSTRAINTS; ENVIRONMENT; FUEL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; GLOBAL AVIATION INDUSTRY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; BIOFUEL; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; PROFITABILITY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 80054048068     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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