Understanding Planned Obsolescence

Unsustainability Through Production, Consumption and Waste Generation
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-7494-7805-6
Verlag: Kogan Page Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Planned obsolescence is a strategy used to make products obsolete, leading to their premature replacement. The result is the over-exploitation of natural resources, increased waste and detrimental social impacts. It is a known practice in consumer electronics and affects other industries as they put profit before consequence.

A ground-breaking new book, Understanding Planned Obsolescence looks at the causes, cost and impact of planned obsolescence. It considers the legal and economic frameworks to overcome the practice and how to mitigate its effects. It also unearths new patterns of production and consumption highlighting more sustainable development models. Including a wide range of case studies from Europe, USA and South America, Understanding Planned Obsolescence is a vital step forward for the future of business and academia alike. Online resources now available include chapter-by-chapter lecturer slides.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pope, Kamila

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Produktionsmanagement, Qualitätskontrolle
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Einkauf, Logistik, Supply-Chain-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 00: Introduction Section - ONE: Identifying the causes, consequences and history of planned obsolescence Chapter - 01: Consumer society: A product of the growthist economy Chapter - 02: Planned obsolescence as an instrument of the growthist economy and its socio-environmental consequences Section - TWO: How to overcome planned obsolescence: from theory to practice Chapter - 03: Sustainability in Economics and Law: The greening of sciences in the search for a new paradigm Chapter - 04: The sustainability paradigm as the foundation to tackle planned obsolescence: New perspectives Chapter - 05: Final considerations

Über Autor(innen)

Pope, Kamila
Kamila Pope is an environmental lawyer and researcher. She is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL/IUCN), the Experts Committee at Halte à l'Obsolescence Programmée (HOP), and Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network Experts (HwN/UN).

Kamila is the author of "Understanding planned obsolescence" and has many book chapters, papers and articles published on Environmental Law, Sustainability, Planned obsolescence and Waste management. For her work, she has won two international awards for researchers on sustainability, the last one, Green Talents 2017, awarded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Germany. Her PhD thesis was elected as the best Brazilian legal thesis of 2019, a prize awarded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Brazil.

Kamila Pope is an Environmental Law and Bio-law lecturer, researcher and lawyer. She has published a plethora of articles, chapters and papers covering Environmental Law, Sustainability, Planned Obsolescence and Waste Management. She holds a Master's in Law, Environment and Political Ecology and is studying a PhD in Law, Politics and Society.