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Air Power and Freight

The View from the European Union and China

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Authors:
  1. David Bonilla

    1. National Autonomous University of Mexico, (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Institute of Economic Research, Mexico, Mexico

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  • Examines driving forces in the air freight sectors of various countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas
  • Discusses growth factors in the worldwide road and air freight sector
  • Identifies industry wide challenges and examines long-term policy changes and their effect

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Energy (BRIEFSENERGY)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Bonilla
    Pages 1-4

  3. Road Freight Transport and Energy Use: The USA, China, the EU, Japan and Germany

    • David Bonilla
    Pages 5-32

  4. Europe’s Sustainable Road Freight Transport to 2050: Closing the Gap Between Reality and Vision

    • David Bonilla
    Pages 33-63

  5. The Strategic Role of Airfreight, Trade and the Airport: Evidence from Europe

    • David Bonilla
    Pages 65-91

  6. Airfreight Transport in China, Trade and the Airport Network

    • David Bonilla
    Pages 93-136

  7. Conclusions

    • David Bonilla
    Pages 137-144

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 145-149
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About this book

This book addresses the challenges of planning sustainable freight transport systems (road and air) in a time when the industry faces increasing pressure from environmental limits, climate change, carbon emission targets, bottlenecks in oil supply, infrastructure shortages and urban congestion.  The author examines sustainable freight transport over the last 45 years on three continents, and includes developments on transport economics, logistics and transport geography as well as environmental economics.  Readers will gain valuable insight on a number of practices and methodologies that will assist in making their systems more sustainable with fewer negative environmental effects at both the local and global level.

Reviews

“This book is a welcome addition to the relatively sparse literature on the economic geography of air cargo and road freight trends. By assembling a wealth of statistical data and consulting a range of stakeholders, Bonilla has analysed these trends from trade, locational and environmental perspectives and considered where they may lead. This is makes the book particularly topical in world in which protectionism, geopolitics and climate change are increasingly shaping public policy and business strategies on freight transport. While it focuses on goods movements in Europe and China, its conclusions also have wider relevance at a global level.” (Alan McKinnon, Professor of logistics, Khune Logistics University)

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico, (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Institute of Economic Research, Mexico, Mexico

    David Bonilla

About the author

Dr. David Bonilla is a research professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and a visiting senior researcher at the Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Air Power and Freight

  • Book Subtitle: The View from the European Union and China

  • Authors: David Bonilla

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Energy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27783-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27782-6Published: 11 November 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27783-3Published: 25 October 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5520

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5539

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 149

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Transportation

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