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Fundamentals of Global Air Transport Geography details the geography of the global commercial air transport industry. The book aims to provide an understanding of these key areas at an introductory level, in order to be accessible to students and non-technical airport/airline management.
List of contents
Part I: Introduction to Geography and Air Transport.
1. Introduction to Geography and Transport
2. The Air Transport Industry.
Part II: Physical Geography and Air Transport.
3. Meteorology and Air Transport: The Atmosphere
4. Meteorology and Air Transport: Water Vapour
5. Meteorology and Air Transport: Wind
6. Climatology and Air Transport
7. Landforms, Airports and Geophysical Hazards
8. Biogeography, Hydrology and Air Transport.
Part III: Human Geography and Air Transport.
9. Political Geography and Air Transport
10. Economic Geography and Air Transport
11. Urban and Rural Geography and Air Transport
12. Population Geography and Air Transport.
Part IV: Environmental Geography and Air Transport.
13. Impact of Air Transport on Geomorphology and Landform Change
14. The Impact and Mitigation of Air Transport on Climate Change
15. The Impact and Mitigation of Air Transport on Noise.
About the author
George Arbuckle is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the University of West London. He has been teaching on Air Transport Management and Pilot Training programmes since 2010 and has worked in a range of management roles within the airline industry, including Inflight Product Manager with Monarch Airlines. He has a degree in Geography from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, an MSc in Air Transport from Cranfield University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Member of the American Association of Geographers. His first airline responsibility was in 1997, checking in a flight from London Luton to Glasgow for a tiny airline called easyJet - at the time operating five aircraft!
Summary
Fundamentals of Global Air Transport Geography details the geography of the global commercial air transport industry. The book aims to provide an understanding of these key areas at an introductory level, in order to be accessible to students and non-technical airport/airline management.
