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Fundamentals of Sustainability

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Sustainable Aviation

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Technology has increased due to the fast growth of the population, because of human demand. Man is in a kind of examination with his environment and world. At this point, the concept of sustainability needs to be understood. It is desirable to understand sustainability and its effects in aviation with this book. In this chapter, basic concepts about sustainability are described.

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  1. Eskisehir Technical University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskisehir, Turkey

    Onder Altuntas & T. Hikmet Karakoc

  2. Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    Yasin Sohret

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  1. Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskisehir Technical Univeristy, Eskisehir, Turkey

    T. Hikmet Karakoc

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey

    C. Ozgur Colpan

  3. Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskisehir Technical Univeristy, Eskisehir, Turkey

    Onder Altuntas

  4. Airframe & Powerplant Maintenance, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    Yasin Sohret

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Altuntas, O., Sohret, Y., Karakoc, T.H. (2019). Fundamentals of Sustainability. In: Karakoc, T., Colpan, C., Altuntas, O., Sohret, Y. (eds) Sustainable Aviation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14195-0_1

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