The product development process roadblock that is restricting the widespread adoption of Design for Sustainability

DS 58-3: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 331-342

  Lee Mortimer, Andrew ^a   Short, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for Sustainability; Design management; Product development

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; DESIGN MANAGEMENT; ECODESIGN; EFFECTIVE TOOL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ROOT CAUSE; SOCIAL CONCERNS;

INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84859232244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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