This book originates from the work of contributors to initiatives and global networks promoting
and pursuing lines of enquiry that recognise and probe relationships between sustainable
consumption design and production and the implications of those relationships for new
economic activity and the way we live and govern ourselves. It features contributions from
social scientists (e.g. from the fields of innovation studies geography environmental policy
and sociology) and practitioners serving to generate a short-list of research perspectives and
topics around which future research and actions in practice will be orientated. The book
consists of ten chapters divided into three parts focusing on: perspectives methodological
insights empirical work integrating consumption and production and site-specific
practitioner-oriented case studies. The conclusion examines the key aspects of policy research
and practical implications.
