Biofuels, aviation and sustainability: Prospects and limits

Climate Change and Aviation: Issues, Challenges and Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 309-328

  Upham, Paul ^a   Tomei, Julia ^b   Boucher, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925788128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770774     Document Type: Chapter

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