Design for Sustainable Behaviour: Using products to change consumer behaviour

Design Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-445

  Bhamra, Tracy ^a   Lilley, Debra ^a   Tang, Tang ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for Sustainable Behaviour; Sustainable design

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755147248     PISSN: 14606925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175630611X13091688930453     Document Type: Article

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