Prospects and challenges for disseminating life cycle thinking towards environmental conscious behaviors in daily lives

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-135

  Tsuda, Kazutoshi ^a   Hara, Keishiro ^a   Uwasu, Michinori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer; Environmental conscious behavior; Life cycle thinking; Personal fabrication; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; MANUFACTURING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84882651565     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5010123     Document Type: Article

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