Technologies and Eco-innovation towards Sustainability. Eco Design Assessment and Management / II, (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Eco design assessment and management
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Allen H. Hu, Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Tsai Chi Kuo and Shana Smith.
• Other Names: Hu, Allen H; Matsumoto, Mitsutaka, 1955-; Kuo, Tsai-Chi; Smith, Shana
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Part I: Social Aspects in Eco-Design and Sustainable Consumption; Chapter 1: Perspectives of Knowledge Translation Within Sustainable Product Development; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Knowledge, Innovation, and Mode of Creation; 1.2.1 Types of Knowledge and Their Creation; 1.2.2 Invention and Innovation; 1.3 Processes Putting Knowledge into Action; 1.3.1 Knowledge Translation and Transfer; 1.3.2 Knowledge Brokering and Interaction; 1.4 Innovation Pathways and Organized Knowledge Flows; 1.4.1 Outline; 1.4.2 Learning, Unlearning, and Innovation Adoption 1.4.3 Knowledge Organization and Representation1.4.3.1 Documentation of Knowledge; 1.4.3.2 Mapping of Knowledge Contents and Structures; 1.4.3.3 Mapping of Knowledge Sources, Assets, and Skills; 1.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Rethinking Sustainability Assessment: Incorporating the Ethical Dimension into Decision-Making; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Current Status of Sustainability Assessment and Its Potential Flaws; 2.3 Incorporating the Ethical Dimension; 2.3.1 Sustainability Assessment: Correlation Between Concept and Practice; 2.3.2 Evolving Views on Human-Environment Relationship 2.3.3 Environmental Virtue Ethics2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Development of an Environmental Management System Framework for Hong Kong Higher Education Institutions; 3.1 Background and Research Case; 3.2 Interrelationship Between Dynamic Capability and ISO 14001; 3.2.1 Sensing/Seizing Capability; 3.2.2 Reconfiguration Capability; 3.3 The Research Model, the Outcome, and the Framework Development; 3.3.1 Leadership; 3.3.2 Planning; 3.3.3 Support; 3.3.4 Documentation; 3.3.5 Operational Procedures; 3.3.6 Performance Review and Seeking Improvement; 3.3.7 Plan; 3.3.8 Do; 3.3.9 Check 3.3.10 Act3.4 Conclusion and the Next Stage; References; Chapter 4: Exploring the Environmental Movement for the Preservation of Big Trees: A Case Study of Urban Areas in Thailand; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Objective; 4.3 Methodology; 4.4 Results; 4.4.1 History; 4.4.2 Concept and Procedures; 4.4.3 Social Impact; 4.5 Summary; References; Chapter 5: Residents' Reactions Against Renewable Energy Facilities and Influence of Willingness of Investment; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Effect of Ownership on Residents' Reactions; 5.2.1 Investigation in Rokkasho-mura; 5.2.2 Results of the Questionnaire 5.3 New Surveys at Wind Turbine Sites5.3.1 Focused Problems; 5.3.1.1 Destruction of Landscape; 5.3.1.2 Damage on Ecosystem; 5.3.1.3 Noise; 5.3.1.4 Low-Frequency Vibration; 5.3.1.5 Accident; 5.3.2 Visitors' Perceptions; 5.3.3 Residents' Perceptions; 5.3.4 Comparison and Discussions; 5.4 Relation Between Willingness of Investment; 5.4.1 Residents' Case; 5.4.2 Visitors' Case; 5.4.3 Discussion; 5.5 Summary; References; Chapter 6: Sustainable Integration in Industrial Design Education: A Case Study of Japanese Universities; 6.1 Introduction
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.7; Sustainable development -- Management; Environmental sciences; Sustainable architecture; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General; Environmental sciences; Sustainable architecture; Sustainable development -- Management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811311963
• Related ISBNs: 981131196X; 9789811311956; 9811311951
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed January 10, 2019).
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