27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-4.10.1 INVITED

AVIATION IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – THE WORK OF THE OMEGA PARTNERSHIP OF UK UNIVERSITIES, PHASE 1

R. Gardner
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Keywords: aviation, environment, climate change, noise, air quality

The successful first phase of the UK Omega partnership of universities represented a landmark in collaboration within and beyond academia on work to stimulate and support development of aviation sustainability knowledge. A broad programme of studies and knowledge transfer with the stakeholder community has raised the profile and value of university research in the area. Across 8 topics covering impacts and solutions, the partnership has taken stock of the main challenge areas, identified strengths and weaknesses in the knowledge base and pointed up a number of areas where further knowledge is needed.

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