Designing Sustainability for All The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies

• Other Authors: Vezzoli, Carlo (Editor), Garcia Parra, Brenda (Editor), Kohtala, Cindy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
• Subjects: Technical design; Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Sustainability; Production engineering; Engineering Design; Sustainability Management; Development and Sustainability; Industrial and Production Engineering; Management; Development Studies; Design for Sustainability; Product-Service System (PSS); Sustainable Development; Distributed Economies (DE); Circular Economy; Social Equity and Cohesion; Open Access; Business & the environment; 'green' approaches to business
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

This open access book introduces design for Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and for Sustainable Distributed Economies (S.DE). These are introduced as technical and operative tools for the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and capable of designing environmentally, socially and economically sustainable solutions, accessible to all. The book provides a comprehensive framework and also practical tools to support the system design for sustainability process. It overviews methodologies, tools and strategies for Sustainable PSS design applied to Distributed Economies (DE) and provides strategies and design guidelines. All of these are highlighted and expanded upon with international case studies.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (142 p.)

ISBN

978-3-030-66300-1
9783030663001

Access

Open Access