Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective

Air travel is the fastest growing mode of transportation, becoming ever more popular and frequent. The growing pervasiveness of air travel can be seen by airport infrastructure upgrading and the increasing numbers of airports today. The majority of aircraft need an airport with the infrastructure...

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Main Authors: Sahrir, Syazwani, Ibrahim, Mansor, Bachok, Syahriah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Abdullah, Alias
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling iium-242192016-03-08T03:01:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/24219/ Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective Sahrir, Syazwani Ibrahim, Mansor Bachok, Syahriah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Abdullah, Alias HE9761 Air transportation. Airlines Air travel is the fastest growing mode of transportation, becoming ever more popular and frequent. The growing pervasiveness of air travel can be seen by airport infrastructure upgrading and the increasing numbers of airports today. The majority of aircraft need an airport with the infrastructure to receive maintenance, restocking, refueling and for the loading and unloading of crew, cargo and passengers. Recent social movements have alerted public opinion and political administrations to the safety of the areas surrounding airports and the negative externalities produced by airport developments. Due to the increasing importance of enlargements in airport capacity this has become a hot topic for policy makers and academics. At the same time, growing concerns and interests in Islamic perspectives on matters such as transportation has been witnessed in the current trend. The applications of Islamic principles are the conventional approaches towards sustainability. Transportation is to serve people purposes to undertake the worldly activities in search for a better, longer and prominent lifetime in the Hereafter. As such, the use of transportation modes such as air transportation should take the cognizance of the Islamic perspectives on nature of humanity, people needs, habits, behavior and the synergistic effects of the movement on the environment. 2012-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24219/1/Air_Transportation_from_Islamic_Syazwani_Sahrir.pdf Sahrir, Syazwani and Ibrahim, Mansor and Bachok, Syahriah and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Abdullah, Alias (2012) Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective. In: First International Conference on Islamic Built Environment, 28 -29 March 2012, Bandung. http://ibeconf.unisba.ac.id/web/
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topic HE9761 Air transportation. Airlines
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Sahrir, Syazwani
Ibrahim, Mansor
Bachok, Syahriah
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Abdullah, Alias
Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective
description Air travel is the fastest growing mode of transportation, becoming ever more popular and frequent. The growing pervasiveness of air travel can be seen by airport infrastructure upgrading and the increasing numbers of airports today. The majority of aircraft need an airport with the infrastructure to receive maintenance, restocking, refueling and for the loading and unloading of crew, cargo and passengers. Recent social movements have alerted public opinion and political administrations to the safety of the areas surrounding airports and the negative externalities produced by airport developments. Due to the increasing importance of enlargements in airport capacity this has become a hot topic for policy makers and academics. At the same time, growing concerns and interests in Islamic perspectives on matters such as transportation has been witnessed in the current trend. The applications of Islamic principles are the conventional approaches towards sustainability. Transportation is to serve people purposes to undertake the worldly activities in search for a better, longer and prominent lifetime in the Hereafter. As such, the use of transportation modes such as air transportation should take the cognizance of the Islamic perspectives on nature of humanity, people needs, habits, behavior and the synergistic effects of the movement on the environment.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sahrir, Syazwani
Ibrahim, Mansor
Bachok, Syahriah
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Abdullah, Alias
author_facet Sahrir, Syazwani
Ibrahim, Mansor
Bachok, Syahriah
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Abdullah, Alias
author_sort Sahrir, Syazwani
title Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective
title_short Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective
title_full Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective
title_fullStr Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability in air transportation from Islamic perspective
title_sort sustainability in air transportation from islamic perspective
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/24219/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24219/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24219/1/Air_Transportation_from_Islamic_Syazwani_Sahrir.pdf
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