Defining the Social Dimension of Sustainability in Product Design

Abstract:

This paper presents a summary of a larger study into the formulation of a set of criteria for consideration of the Social criteria of Sustainable Product Design (SPD). A multidisciplinary literature review was conducted, which was developed further through semi structured interviews with nine experts in the field of sustainable design education. These interviews were conducted face to face and responses were analysed using the coding and clustering technique. A list of criteria was refined and these were used to inform a doctoral study which considered effective teaching and learning methods in the social aspects of SPD.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 572)
• Pages: 24-27
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.24
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Matthew Watkins
• Keywords: Product Design, Social Sustainable Product Design, Sustainable Product Design Education

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