Front Cover -- Towards Sustainable Aviation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Part 1: Trends and Issues -- 1. Introduction: perspectives on sustainability and aviation: Paul Upham -- 2. Organizational and growth trends in air transport: Ian Humphreys -- 3. The social and economic benefits of aviation: Robert Caves -- 4. The human health impacts of aviation: Ken Hume and Adrian Watson -- 5. The global atmospheric impacts of aviation: David Lee and David Raper -- 6. Aircraft noise, community relations and stakeholder involvement: Callum Thomas and Martin Lever -- Part 2: Mitigations and Potential Solutions -- 7. Environmental management and the aviation industry: Paul Hooper, Bridget Heath and Janet Maughan -- 8. The potential for modal substitution: Milan Janic -- 9. Air freight and global supply chains: the environmental dimension: David Gillingwater, Ian Humphreys and Robert Watson -- 10. The potential offered by aircraft and engine technologies: Jacquetta Lee -- 11. Climate policy for civil aviation: actors, policy instruments and the potential for emissions reductions: Andreas Pastowski -- Part 3: Multisector Commentaries -- 12. Multisector commentaries on sustainability and aviation -- Economic aspects of sustainability and UK aviation: Simon Bishop, Institute for Public Policy Research -- Sustainable aviation: implications for economies in transition: Delia Dimitriu, Romanian Air Transport -- Key issues in aviation environmental policy-making: Léonie Dobbie, Partner, GreenAscent (former Director, Aviation Environment, IATA, 1996-2002) -- Towards sustainable aviation?: Brian Graham, University of Ulster -- Aircraft noise: Tim Johnson, Aviation Environment Federation.

Environmental and economic factors in airport capacity: Joop Krul, Schiphol Airport -- Potential improvements to air traffic management: Arthur Lieuwen and Ted Elliff, EUROCONTROL -- Making aviation less unsustainable: some pointers to the way ahead: Caroline Lucas, MEP -- Sustainable aviation: what do you mean?: Mark McLellan, Partner, GreenAscent -- Sustainability and aviation: problems and solutions: Beatrice Schell, T&E -- Airlines and sustainable development: Hugh Somerville, British Airways -- The case for 'no growth': John Whitelegg, Liverpool John Moores University -- 13. Conclusion: Paul Upham -- Index -- The Earthscan Reader on World Transport Policy and Practice -- Urban Transport Environmentand Equity.