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Designing Sustainability for All : The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vezzoli, Carlo.
Other Authors: Garcia Parra, Brenda., Kohtala, Cindy.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • Product-Service Systems Development for Sustainability. A New Understanding
  • 1 The Role of PSS in Addressing Sustainability
  • 1.1 The Sustainability Challenge
  • 1.2 Sustainable Product-Service System: A Win-Win Opportunity for Sustainability
  • 1.3 PSS Types
  • 1.4 S.PSS Environmental Benefits
  • 1.5 S.PSS Socio-Ethical Benefits
  • 1.6 S.PSS Economic and Competitive Benefits
  • 2 PSS Design for Sustainability
  • 3 S.PSS in Relation to Other Design for Sustainability Approaches
  • References
  • Distributed Economies
  • 1 Reframing the Economy Towards Sustainability
  • 2 How Centralization Hinders Sustainability and Resilience
  • 3 Distributed Economies (DE) as a Strategy Towards Sustainability
  • 4 Practical Implications of DE in Various Fields
  • 4.1 Distributed Design (DD)
  • 4.2 Distributed Manufacturing
  • 4.3 Distributed Energy Generation (DG)
  • 4.4 Distributed Water Supply/Management
  • 4.5 Distributed Food Production (DF)
  • 4.6 Distributed Software Development (DS)
  • 4.7 Distributed Production of Knowledge (DK)
  • 5 Alternative System Configurations
  • 5.1 Stand-Alone Configurations
  • 5.2 Network Configurations
  • 5.3 Summary and Examples of System Configurations
  • 6 Main Drivers and Win-Win Benefits of DE
  • 7 Potential Unsustainability of DE
  • 8 Understanding DE from Different Contexts
  • 8.1 A Brazilian Perspective
  • 8.2 A Chinese Perspective
  • 8.3 A Finnish Perspective
  • 8.4 An Indian Perspective
  • 8.5 A Mexican Perspective
  • References
  • Integrating S.PSS and DE
  • 1 Introduction to S.PSS Applied to DE: Sustainable Opportunities
  • 2 Case Studies of S.PSS and DE Integration
  • 2.1 S.PSS and Distributed Energy Generation (DG)
  • 2.2 S.PSS and Distributed Food Production (DF)
  • 2.3 S.PSS and Distributed Water Management (DW).
  • 2.4 S.PSS and Distributed Manufacturing (DM)
  • 2.5 S.PSS and Distributed Software (DS)
  • 2.6 S.PSS and Distributed Knowledge (DK)
  • 2.7 S.PSS and Distributed Design (DD)
  • 3 S.PSS Applied to DE: A Scenario
  • 4 Barriers and Trade-Offs to Integrating S.PSS and DE
  • References
  • Designing S.PSS and DE: New Horizons for Design
  • 1 General Considerations for Conceptual Integration into the Design Process
  • 2 A Reference Model of S.PSS and DE Design
  • 2.1 Method and Tools for System Design for Sustainability for All
  • 2.2 MSDS: A Modular Method for System Design for Sustainability
  • 3 Tools Developed by LeNS
  • 3.1 Sustainability Design-Orienting Scenarios (SDOS) on S.PSS and DE
  • 3.2 Innovation Diagram for S.PSS and DE
  • 3.3 Concept Description Form for S.PSS and DE
  • 3.4 System Map for S.PSS and DE
  • 3.5 S.PSS and DE Idea Boards (embedded into the SDO toolkit)
  • 3.6 Strategic Analysis Toolkit (SAT) for DE for Socio-Economic Ecosystems (SEE)
  • 3.7 Distributed Manufacturing (DM) Applied to PSS Design Toolkit
  • 3.8 Summary
  • References
  • S.PSS and DE in Practice
  • 1 Introduction: Teaching and Learning Contemporary Design for Sustainability
  • 2 Introducing S.PSS and DE into Higher Education in Design
  • 2.1 Experiences from Regional Pilot Courses: An Overview
  • 2.2 Reflections: Teaching S.PSS and DE Design
  • 3 Working with a Regional Industry Cluster in Education in Brazil
  • 3.1 The LeNSin Pilot Course Brazil
  • 3.2 Reflecting on Industry-Academic Collaborations in Brazil
  • 4 Working with a Regional Industry Cluster in Education in India
  • 4.1 Case Study Location: Sualkuchi Silk Handloom Industry as a SEE
  • 4.2 The Outcomes of the Course
  • 5 Country-Wide Teaching Networks on Sustainability: LeNS China
  • 5.1 Pilot Courses in China
  • 5.2 Having Impact Nation-Wide
  • 6 Integrating Experimental Pilots into Long Curricular Courses.
  • 6.1 LeNSin Pilot Courses at UAM Universities
  • 6.2 Book Club and Desierto de Los Leones Park Projects
  • 6.3 Summary
  • 7 Lessons Learned, Challenges and Opportunities
  • References.

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