System Innovation for Sustainability 1 : Perspectives on Radical Changes to Sustainable Consumption and Production.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: The context of this book -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainability: a multi-interpretable notion: the book's normative stance -- Part 2: Business perspective -- 3 Review: the role of business in realising sustainable consumption and production -- 4 Business models for sustainable energy -- 5 Alternative business models for a sustainable automotive industry -- 6 Sustainability-related innovation and the Porter Hypothesis: how to innovate for energy-efficient consumption and production -- 7 Marketing in the age of sustainable development -- Part 3: Design perspective -- 8 Review: design for sustainable consumption and production systems -- 9 Design for (social) sustainability and radical change -- 10 Social innovation and design of promising solutions towards sustainability: emerging demand for sustainable solutions (EMUDE) -- 11 Eco-Innovative Cities Australia: a pilot project for the ecodesign of services in eight local councils -- 12 Is a radical systemic shift toward sustainability possible in China? -- Part 4: Consumer perspective -- 13 Review: a multi-dimensional approach to the study of consumption in modern societies and the potential for radical sustainable changes -- 14 Product-service systems: taking a functional and a symbolic perspective on usership -- 15 Social capital, lifestyles and consumption patterns -- 16 Linking sustainable consumption to everyday life: a social-ecological approach to consumption research -- 17 Emerging sustainable consumption patterns in Central Eastern Europe, with a specific focus on Hungary -- Part 5: System innovation policy perspective -- 18 Review: system transition processes for realising sustainable consumption and production.

19 System innovations in innovation systems: conceptual foundations and experiences with Adaptive Foresight in Austria -- 20 Transition management for sustainable consumption and production -- 21 Systemic changes and sustainable consumption and production: cases from product-service systems -- Part 6: Conclusions and integration -- 22 Conclusions: change management for sustainable consumption and production -- Abbreviations -- About the contributors -- Index.

A result of a collaboration between experts from business, design, consumer behaviour and system innovation policy. This title examines what sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is. It provides a review on the governance of change in SCP policy and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of approaches.

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