CRITICAL ISSUES IN AVIATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS

Environmental issues associated with aviation are critically important to the future development of aviation infrastructure. Environmental concerns are primary factors constraining the development of additional airport capacity in many areas. Both the perception and the reality of environmental effects, as well as the level of trust or confidence in analyses of these effects and the ability to mitigate them, drive political, legal, and other decisions that affect the ability to expand the aviation system. Similarly, decisions regarding aviation have real effects on the environment that may or may not be fully consistent with federal, state, and local environmental assessments preceding the decisions. Accordingly, an improved understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the environmental review and compliance process associated with aviation is critical. This paper reviews the current state of the practice in environmental review and compliance processes associated with aviation, presents a future vision for the process of addressing environmental issues at airports, and outlines specific research needs involving the aviation environmental process.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21967
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515
• Authors:
  • Putnam, J E
• Publication Date: 2004-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18-20
• Monograph Title: CRITICAL ISSUES IN AVIATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C069
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Aviation; Compliance; Decision making; Development; Environmental impacts; Future; Infrastructure; Legal factors; Political factors; Research; State of the practice
• Uncontrolled Terms: Critical issues; Environmental reviews
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Highways; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977192
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: E-C069
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 24 2004 12:00AM