Anticipated environmental sustainability of personal fabrication

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-344

  Kohtala, Cindy ^a   Hyysalo, Sampsa ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Digital fabrication; Environmental sustainability; Futuring; Lead users; Makerspaces; Personal fabrication

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FABRICATION;

DIGITAL FABRICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUTURING; LEAD USERS; MAKERSPACES; PERSONAL FABRICATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84929296696     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.093     Document Type: Article

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