Transition towards sustainable material innovation: Evidence and evaluation of the Flemish case

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-72

  Crabbé, Ann ^a   Jacobs, Ria ^b   Van Hoof, Veronique ^b   Bergmans, Anne ^a   Van Acker, Karel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flanders; Material innovation; Production industry; Sustainable development; Transition

Indexed keywords

FLANDERS; PRODUCTION COMPANIES; PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL REGIMES; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS; TRANSITION;

INDUSTRY; MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84883181266     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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