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| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/abb42a |
| Airports and environmental sustainability: A comprehensive review | |
| Greer F.; Rakas J.; Horvath A. | |
| 发表日期 | 2020 |
| ISSN | 17489318 |
| 卷号 | 15期号:10 |
| 英文摘要 | Over 2500 airports worldwide provide critical infrastructure that supports 4 billion annual passengers. To meet changes in capacity and post-COVID-19 passenger processing, airport infrastructure such as terminal buildings, airfields, and ground service equipment require substantial upgrades. Aviation accounts for 2.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but that estimate excludes airport construction and operation. Metrics that assess an airport's sustainability, in addition to environmental impacts that are sometimes unaccounted for (e.g. water consumption), are necessary for a more complete environmental accounting of the entire aviation sector. This review synthesizes the current state of environmental sustainability metrics and methods (e.g. life-cycle assessment, Scope GHG emissions) for airports as identified in 108 peer-reviewed journal articles and technical reports. Articles are grouped according to six categories (Energy and Atmosphere, Comfort and Health, Water and Wastewater, Site and Habitat, Material and Resources, Multidimensional) of an existing airport sustainability assessment framework. A case study application of the framework is evaluated for its efficacy in yielding performance objectives. Research interest in airport environmental sustainability is steadily increasing, but there is ample need for more systematic assessment that accounts for a variety of emissions and regional variation. Prominent research themes include analyzing the GHG emissions from airfield pavements and energy management strategies for airport buildings. Research on water conservation, climate change resilience, and waste management is more limited, indicating that airport environmental accounting requires more analysis. A disconnect exists between research efforts and practices implemented by airports. Effective practices such as sourcing low-emission electricity and electrifying ground transportation and gate equipment can in the short term aid airports in moving towards sustainability goals. Future research must emphasize stakeholder involvement, life-cycle assessment, linking environmental impacts with operational outcomes, and global challenges (e.g. resilience, climate change adaptation, mitigation of infectious diseases). © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| 英文关键词 | aviation; environmental footprint; environmental impact; greenhouse gases; infrastructure |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| scopus关键词 | Airports; Climate change; Energy management; Environmental impact; Gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Infrastructure as a service (IaaS); Life cycle; Waste management; Water conservation; Climate change adaptation; Energy management strategies; Environmental accountings; Environmental sustainability; Environmental sustainability metrics; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Stakeholder involvement; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable development; airport; airport construction; climate change; environmental economics; environmental impact assessment; equipment; greenhouse gas; life cycle analysis; literature review; stakeholder; sustainability; viral disease |
| 来源期刊 | Environmental Research Letters
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153594 |
| 作者单位 | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Greer F.,Rakas J.,Horvath A.. Airports and environmental sustainability: A comprehensive review[J],2020,15(10). |
| APA | Greer F.,Rakas J.,&Horvath A..(2020).Airports and environmental sustainability: A comprehensive review.Environmental Research Letters,15(10). |
| MLA | Greer F.,et al."Airports and environmental sustainability: A comprehensive review".Environmental Research Letters 15.10(2020). |
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