Sustainable design and environmental impact of materials in sports products

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 67-79

  Subie, Aleksandar ^a   Mouritz, Adrian ^a   Troynikov, Olga ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

composite; environmental impact; sports product; sustainable design; textiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960131453     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19346182.2009.9648504     Document Type: Review

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