Sustainability
Sustainable Aviation
The term ‘Sustainable’ was first introduced in 1972 from United Nations conference on Ecological Sustainable Development, whereby the spotlight was focused on reconciliation of environment and economic development. (Sustainable Development, 2012). This essay discusses how aviation industries efforts to a sustainable future are mere tokenism. Cited by Daley B. et al, ‘Sustainability means balancing economic, social and environmental benefits and costs of development, both for present and future generation’.
The term ‘Sustainable’ came to better light in the UN publication “Our Common Future” from 1987, better known as the Brundtland Report. It defines Sustainable development as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (Oxford University Press, 1987 p. 43). It’s about trying to achieve a balance between a better ecology and business. The aviation industry’s promise to achieve high sustainability is limited in reality to what is portrayed. The examples of this have been mentioned in this essay.
Brundtland Report suggest that everyone has a right to sleep, eat and meet their basic needs however, aviation has impacted on the social and environmental concerns locally and globally. The local concerns include aircraft noise for people living in the airport vicinity and beneath flying paths, air pollution due to the emission of Nitrogen oxides and other gases and other impacts including habitat destruction and contamination of land and water. Communities living around congested airports can be seen as not meeting sustainability demands. This can be seen in the complaints against Heathrow airport for noise, air and water pollution.
The de-icing process at Heathrow has been responsible for impacting the local environment. Coombs D.(2011) reported, discharge from de icing fluid containing glycol, a common ingredient of this fluid, as cause of death of fish in the lake near
The term ‘Sustainable’ was first introduced in 1972 from United Nations conference on Ecological Sustainable Development, whereby the spotlight was focused on reconciliation of environment and economic development. (Sustainable Development, 2012). This essay discusses how aviation industries efforts to a sustainable future are mere tokenism. Cited by Daley B. et al, ‘Sustainability means balancing economic, social and environmental benefits and costs of development, both for present and future generation’.
The term ‘Sustainable’ came to better light in the UN publication “Our Common Future” from 1987, better known as the Brundtland Report. It defines Sustainable development as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (Oxford University Press, 1987 p. 43). It’s about trying to achieve a balance between a better ecology and business. The aviation industry’s promise to achieve high sustainability is limited in reality to what is portrayed. The examples of this have been mentioned in this essay.
Brundtland Report suggest that everyone has a right to sleep, eat and meet their basic needs however, aviation has impacted on the social and environmental concerns locally and globally. The local concerns include aircraft noise for people living in the airport vicinity and beneath flying paths, air pollution due to the emission of Nitrogen oxides and other gases and other impacts including habitat destruction and contamination of land and water. Communities living around congested airports can be seen as not meeting sustainability demands. This can be seen in the complaints against Heathrow airport for noise, air and water pollution.
The de-icing process at Heathrow has been responsible for impacting the local environment. Coombs D.(2011) reported, discharge from de icing fluid containing glycol, a common ingredient of this fluid, as cause of death of fish in the lake near
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