Overview
- Covers sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector
- Highlights the measurement of environmental and societal impacts across the textiles and clothing supply chain
- Written by experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology (TSCT)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- Carbon Footprint
- Eco-design/Sustainable Design of Textiles
- Ecological Footprint
- Environmental Impacts of Textiles
- Recycling of Textile Products
- Social Impacts of Textiles
- Social Life Cycle Assessment
- Sustainable Textile Production
- Sustainable Textile Production
- Sustainable Textiles
- textile engineering
- Engineering Economics
About this book
This book covers the elements involved in achieving sustainability in textiles and Clothing sector. The chapters to be covered in three volumes of this series title cover all the distinctive areas earmarked for achieving sustainable development in textiles and the clothing industry. This second volume deals with the measurement of environmental and societal impacts across the textiles and clothing supply chain. It addresses this important aspect in a comprehensive way including the overall picture of environmental and societal impacts of textiles and clothing supply chain, environmentally sustainable clothing consumption, emerging green technologies and eco-friendly products for sustainable textiles, etc. This volume has a dedicated place to deal with the consumer phase impacts in the life cycle of clothing products, biodegradation of textile products, sustainable business development and its implications in textile sector.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing
Book Subtitle: Environmental and Social Aspects of Textiles and Clothing Supply Chain
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Textile Science and Clothing Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-110-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-109-1Published: 31 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1357-7Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-110-7Published: 19 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2197-9863
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 287
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Textile Engineering, Sustainable Development, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Environmental Management, Industrial and Production Engineering, Operations Management