Critical Issues in Aviationand the Environment2014: Introduction

This introduction provides a brief overview of the contents of Transportation Research Circular E-C184. The circular explores issues that address the major environmental components affected by aviation activities, sustainable solutions that have evolved and continue to be developed to minimize aviation’s environmental impacts, and key processes that link aviation and the environment. The focus of the circular is on the state of science and on identification of priority research with potential to yield benefits during the next several years to several decades.