Sustainable consumption : design, innovation and practice /: design, innovation and practice. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Audley Genus, editor.
• Authors: Genus, Audley
• 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
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (500 pages)
• Subjects: 339.4; Consumption (Economics); Sustainable development; Consumption (Economics); Sustainable development
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030169855
• Related ISBNs: 9783030169848
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