Aviation needs to be considered as a component of a country’s development since it promotes the exchange of people and products worldwide. However, some negative consequences of the industry development have been observed over the past forty years. Catastrophic accidents in aviation are up 95% meanwhile the ecological footprint of the industry is up 60%. This research examines the pressing need to address the environmental consequences of aviation activities, focusing on three key areas: climate change, local air quality, and noise pollution, both as adverse effects of anthropogenic activities, and mitigation of the same. With the development of the economy, the demand for air travel is also increasing, thus, these environmental impacts also will become worse. The author believes that if no prompt and adequate solution is to be sought, all these problems can potentially pose themselves as towering roadblocks to the further evolution of air transport in the 21st century. This research also reveals how special groups such as children, the elderly, workers in the open board, and those with existing respiratory/cardiovascular diseases suffer from air pollution more than other groups. The study also understands the differential emission sources such as PMs/particulate matter and greenhouse emissions of aircraft and vehicles and their repercussions on global climate change and on-ground air quality. Emphasis is laid on the position of the jet aircraft in the emissions of the global warming potential gases such as direct CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gas compounds that have not received much attention in literature including nitrogen oxides, soot, and particulates. Thus, the goal of this work is to review the existing knowledge and highlight the gaps in the urgent need for change to present findings to policymakers, industry representatives, and researchers. The research stresses that there is a need to regulate the economic growth of the aviation industry to sustain it and reduce the effects that it has on human life and the environment.
Environmental Impacts of Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Air Transportation Systems
Sustain. Civil Infrastruct.
International Conference on Technological Innovation in Multidisciplinary Engineering and Sciences ; 2024 ; Gurgaon, India September 05, 2024 - September 06, 2024
2025-02-25
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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