Air madness: road's mistakes repeated

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3rd ed. — Woodford Halse, Northants (Northamptonshire), UK: Ituri, 2008. — 212 p. — ISBN 9780953643080.Binge flying is a terrific party for which the bills are coming in. Climate change, noise, health, safety, land take aviation ticks all the boxes. Yet the UK government, in denial about the consequences, has embarked on an almost threefold increase in flying by2030. In Air Madness: Road's Mistakes Repeated, veteran journalist and writer Cedric Pulford describes the environmental disaster that is already unfolding. This is a fast-paced account packed with facts and case studies. Air Madness shows how a century of unconstrained growth that has brought chaos to the roads is being repeated in the air. In this thoroughly revised 3rd edition, Air Madness is a wake-up call for all who care for clean air, sleep at night, children s health, the British countryside and safety of the skies. This is not a doom and gloom book. The final section spells out the steps that are needed to bring aviation under control for all our futuresAuthor Cedric Pulford has a special interest in the environmental aspects of transport. Before turning to book writing, he had a long association with the Guardian/Observer newspaper group as a freelance journalist. Rick has degrees in political subjects from Oxford and Case Western Reserve universities. He lives in rural Northamptonshire away from cars but within earshot of planes.Roads: The ExperienceBeloved monsterAir: The ProspectsSky-high growth Climate concern Decibel din Crowded skies, vanished acres The scourge to come The way ahead Beyond balance Twelve points for campaigners Twelve questions for discussion groups IndexTablesPrincipal UK airports White paper (2003): main proposalsNight flights, continental Europe Quota counts of aircraft Land area of airports