Environmental Engineering Reference
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Chapter 21
Greener Transportation
Infrastructure:
Theoretical Concepts for the
Environmental Evaluation of Airports
Jean-Christophe Fann
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium & University of California, Berkeley, USA
Jasenka Rakas
University of California, Berkeley, USA
ABSTRACT
The adoption of greener construction practices occurs mostly in the realm of building projects. Existing
environmental evaluations are often generic, and hence, unable to manage the complexity of larger in-
frastructure systems such as airports. To respond to this need, the authors of this chapter developed the
theoretical grounds for the evaluation of greener airport systems. The proposed concepts demonstrate
how to implement greener practices from the early stages of a transportation infrastructure project in
an economically rational and stakeholder-focused manner.
The presented methodology has two fundamental goals: first, to foster greener design practices among
airport managers, planners, and designers, and second, to establish a dynamic dialogue between all
airport stakeholders, while overcoming the shortcomings of traditional environmental impact assess-
ments and thus ensuring capacity enhancement. The innovative aspects of the methodology are the
combination of a flexible implementation strategy, the use of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM)
with cost and utility functions, and a structured definition of environmental sustainability with custom-
ized evaluation parameters.
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