Handbook of research on sustainable consumption
Consumption (Economics) e-böcker
Edward Elgar Publishing
2015
EISBN 9781783471270
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Research on sustainable consumption: introduction and overview; PART I RESEARCH IN SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; 1. Sustainable consumption as a systemic challenge: inter- and transdisciplinary research and research questions; 2. Breaking the stalemate of sustainable consumption with industrial ecology and a circular economy; PART II MAJOR APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; 3. Sustainable consumption in history: ideas, resources and practices.
4. Environmental psychology and sustainable consumption5. Theories of practice and sustainable consumption; 6. Sustainability marketing; 7. Ethics and sustainable consumption; PART III DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH: METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS; 8. Life cycle assessment as a means to identify the most effective action for sustainable consumption; 9. Priorities for sustainable consumption policies; PART IV TRANSPORT, HOUSING, FOOD AND PUBLIC HEALTH; 10. Unsustainable travel becoming (more) sustainable; 11. Housing in a sustainable consumption perspective.
12. Peak meat: the role of meat in sustainable consumption13. Flexitarianism: a range of sustainable food styles; 14. Obesity, sustainability and public health; PART V CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES; 15. Consumer habits and sustainable consumption; 16. Consumer responsibility for sustainable consumption; 17. Family socialization and sustainable consumption; PART VI POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; 18. Carbon triage: a strategy for developing a viable carbon labelling system; 19. Eco-labellingas sustainable consumption policy; 20. Behavioural economics, consumption and environmental protection.
21. Promoting sustainable consumption: the risks of using financial incentives22. Voluntary standards as enablers and impediments to sustainable consumption; 23. Step across the border: knowledge brokerage for sustainable consumption; PART VII FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 24. Decoupling resource consumption and economic growth: insights into an unsolved global challenge; 25. The role of consumer sovereignty in sustaining the market economy; 26. Collaborating and connecting: the emergence of the sharing economy; 27. Toward a post-consumerist future? Social innovation in an era of fading economic growth. Index.
This Handbook compiles the state of the art of current research on sustainable consumption from the world’s leading experts in the field. The implementation of sustainable consumption presents one of the greatest challenges and opportunities we are faced with today. On the one hand, consumption is a wanted and necessary phenomenon important for society and the economy. On the other, our means of consumption contradicts many important ecological and social long-term goals. Set against this background, the Handbook aims to offer an interdisciplinary overview of recent research on sustainable consumption, to draw attention to this subject and to encourage discussion and debate. In 27 chapters, leading authorities in the field provide their expertise in a concise and accessible manner--
4. Environmental psychology and sustainable consumption5. Theories of practice and sustainable consumption; 6. Sustainability marketing; 7. Ethics and sustainable consumption; PART III DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH: METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS; 8. Life cycle assessment as a means to identify the most effective action for sustainable consumption; 9. Priorities for sustainable consumption policies; PART IV TRANSPORT, HOUSING, FOOD AND PUBLIC HEALTH; 10. Unsustainable travel becoming (more) sustainable; 11. Housing in a sustainable consumption perspective.
12. Peak meat: the role of meat in sustainable consumption13. Flexitarianism: a range of sustainable food styles; 14. Obesity, sustainability and public health; PART V CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES; 15. Consumer habits and sustainable consumption; 16. Consumer responsibility for sustainable consumption; 17. Family socialization and sustainable consumption; PART VI POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; 18. Carbon triage: a strategy for developing a viable carbon labelling system; 19. Eco-labellingas sustainable consumption policy; 20. Behavioural economics, consumption and environmental protection.
21. Promoting sustainable consumption: the risks of using financial incentives22. Voluntary standards as enablers and impediments to sustainable consumption; 23. Step across the border: knowledge brokerage for sustainable consumption; PART VII FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 24. Decoupling resource consumption and economic growth: insights into an unsolved global challenge; 25. The role of consumer sovereignty in sustaining the market economy; 26. Collaborating and connecting: the emergence of the sharing economy; 27. Toward a post-consumerist future? Social innovation in an era of fading economic growth. Index.
This Handbook compiles the state of the art of current research on sustainable consumption from the world’s leading experts in the field. The implementation of sustainable consumption presents one of the greatest challenges and opportunities we are faced with today. On the one hand, consumption is a wanted and necessary phenomenon important for society and the economy. On the other, our means of consumption contradicts many important ecological and social long-term goals. Set against this background, the Handbook aims to offer an interdisciplinary overview of recent research on sustainable consumption, to draw attention to this subject and to encourage discussion and debate. In 27 chapters, leading authorities in the field provide their expertise in a concise and accessible manner--
