Greener Transportation Infrastructure: Theoretical Concepts for the Environmental Evaluation of Airports

The adoption of greener construction practices occurs mostly in the realm of building projects. Existing environmental evaluations are often generic, and hence, unable to manage the complexity of larger infrastructure systems such as airports. To respond to this need, the authors of this chapter developed the theoretical grounds for the evaluation of greener airport systems. The proposed concepts demonstrate how to implement greener practices from the early stages of a transportation infrastructure project in an economically rational and stakeholder-focused manner. The presented methodology has two fundamental goals: first, to foster greener design practices among airport managers, planners, and designers, and second, to establish a dynamic dialogue between all airport stakeholders, while overcoming the shortcomings of traditional environmental impact assessments and thus ensuring capacity enhancement. The innovative aspects of the methodology are the combination of a flexible implementation strategy, the use of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) with cost and utility functions, and a structured definition of environmental sustainability with customized evaluation parameters. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-531-5.ch021

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