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Airplanes, the environment, and the human condition / Hans A. Baer.
Lippincott Library HE9776 .B34 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baer, Hans A., 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air travel.
- Aeronautics, Commercial.
- Air travel--Environmental aspects.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--Environmental aspects.
- Air travel--Economic aspects.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--Economic aspects.
- Air travel--Social aspects.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 204 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1 The political economy of aircraft p. 7
- 2 Airports: nodes or loci of economic development and sociality? p. 39
- 3 Cultural tropes associated with aeromobility p. 57
- 4 The impact of airplanes on the environment and climate change p. 74
- 5 Who is being transported by airplanes p. 87
- 6 Efforts to make airplanes and airports more environmentally sustainable p. 121
- 7 Alternatives to flying: individual and collective strategies p. 139
- 8 Airplanes, sustainable transportation, and the future of humanity p. 164.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0367192659
- 9780367192655
- 0367186055
- 9780367186050
- OCLC:
- 1089222068
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