Sustainable Consumption : Design, Innovation and Practice / edited by Audley Genus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Genus, Audley., Editor.

Series:

The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, 2367-4024 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Environmental policy.

Human geography.

Social sciences.

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Human Geography.

Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Human Geography.

Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

This book originates from the work of contributors to initiatives and global networks promoting and pursuing lines of enquiry that recognise and probe relationships between sustainable consumption, design and production, and the implications of those relationships for new economic activity and the way we live and govern ourselves. It features contributions from social scientists (e.g. from the fields of innovation studies, geography, environmental policy and sociology) and practitioners, serving to generate a short-list of research perspectives and topics around which future research and actions in practice will be orientated. The book consists of ten chapters divided into three parts, focusing on: perspectives/methodological insights; empirical work integrating consumption and production; and site-specific practitioner-oriented case studies. The conclusion examines the key aspects of policy, research and practical implications.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Challenges of Sustainable Consumption; 1.2.1 Unsustainable Consumption; 1.3 Research on Sustainable Consumption; 1.4 The Structure of the Book; References; 2 The Role of Design as a Catalyst for Sustainable DIY; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 DIY as a Promising Area of Intervention; 2.1.2 Aim; 2.2 The Role of Design in SCP and RE-DIY; 2.2.1 The Four Scenarios; 2.3 Local Level: Assisting RE-DIY Designers in the Creative Process; 2.4 Local Level: Co-designing with Municipalities for Citizen Engagement

2.5 Global Level: Designing 'Enabling Products'2.6 Global Level: Networking Between Activists, Researchers, Professionals and DIY Designers; 2.7 Barriers and Triggers for Spreading RE-DIY; 2.7.1 Availability and Suitability of Local Resources; 2.7.2 The Aesthetics of Imperfection; 2.7.3 Possible Side-Effects of 'Green Consumption'; 2.8 Discussion and Conclusion; References; 3 The Individual-Practice Framework: A Design Tool for Understanding Consumer Behaviour; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Understanding Consumer Behaviour; 3.2.1 Social Psychological Models of Consumer Behaviour

3.2.2 Social Practice Theory3.2.3 The Individual-Practice Framework; 3.3 Design for Behaviour Change; 3.3.1 The Loughborough Model; 3.3.2 Practice-Oriented Design; 3.4 The Individual-Practice Framework as a Design Tool; 3.4.1 Phase 1: Understanding the Brief; 3.4.2 Phase 2: Exploring the Practice; 3.4.3 Phase 3: Considering the Individual; 3.4.4 Phase 4: The Individual and the Practice; 3.5 Conclusions; References; 4 From Print to Digital: Textual Technologies and Reading as a Sociotechnical Practice; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Sociotechnical Regime of the Printed Paper Text

4.3 The Co-evolution of Printing Technologies, Industry Structures and User Practices4.3.1 Stages in the Evolution of the Book; 4.3.2 From the Invention of the Printing Press to the Industrial Revolution; 4.3.3 From the Industrial Revolution (Late 18th Century) till the Late 20th Century: The Book as a Mass Medium and the Early Origins of Digitization; 4.4 Attributes of the Book: Implications for Digitization; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Availability Cascades and the Sharing Economy: A Critique of Sharing Economy Narratives; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Sharing Economy Taxonomy

5.3 A Closer Look at Narratives5.3.1 Overestimation of Current Market Size and Potential; 5.3.2 Overestimation of Sustainability Potential; 5.3.3 The Environmental Win-Win Narrative; 5.3.4 The Employment and Empowerment Narrative; 5.3.5 The Community Narrative; 5.4 The Sharing Economy, an Availability Cascade; 5.4.1 Introduction to Availability Cascades; 5.4.2 Application of Cascading Theory to the Sharing Economy; 5.4.3 Concluding Remarks; References; 6 Communicating Sustainability: The Case of Slow-Fashion Micro-organizations; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction

6.2 Sustainable/Slow-Fashion: An Overview

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

3-319-29665-5

OCLC:

951223070