Results of the first adapted design for sustainability project in a South Pacific small island developing state: Fiji

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1775-1786

  Lobendahn Wood, Michael D K ^a   Mathieux, Fabrice ^b   Brissaud, Daniel ^b   Evrard, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

D4S; Design for sustainability; Ecodesign; Life cycle analysis; Small island developing states

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECODESIGN; MANUFACTURE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 77957292524     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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