Author(s)

D.E. Conlan, D.W. Raper and B.Owen

Abstract

Air transport worldwide is expected to grow by 5-6 % a year between 1997 and 2010. Worldwide this growth will translate into more than 3 billion passenger movements per annum by 2010 who will travel to and from airports by a range of transportation modes. The industry is expanding to meet the needs and expectations of an increasingly mobile and affluent society. Paradoxically, this predicted expansion will take place during a period, when in response to scientific and medical evidence, national and international governments are likely to enact stringent air quality standards and guidelines at the local, national and international level. This paper reviews the impacts that the av

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