Ergonomics and Human Factors for a Sustainable Future
Current Research and Future Possibilities
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book focuses on different sustainable products and services, such as electrical vehicles, green buildings, and biophilic and biomimetic systems, at multiple hierarchical levels within its chapters. The authors reflect on individual, organisational,...
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This book focuses on different sustainable products and services, such as electrical vehicles, green buildings, and biophilic and biomimetic systems, at multiple hierarchical levels within its chapters. The authors reflect on individual, organisational, governmental, political, and moral considerations of how Human Factor Ergonomics can build a sustainable future. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with environmental issues and sustainability.
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1. Introduction2. A Sustainable System-of-Systems Approach: Identifying the Important Boundaries for a Target System in Human Factors and Ergonomics3. Defining Sustainable and "Decent" Work for Human Factors and Ergonomics4. Human Factors Issues in Responsible Computer Consumption5. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Interactions with Sustainable Appliances and Devices6. Human Factors and Ergonomics in the Individual Adoption and Use of Electric Vehicles7. HFE in Biophilic Design: Human Connections with Nature8. Building Sustainable Organisations: Contributions of Activity-Centred Ergonomics and the Psychodynamics of Work9. Green Buildings: The Role of HFE10. Human Factors and Ergonomics: Contribution to Sustainability and Decent Work in Global Supply Chains11. Natural Resource Use, Institutions, and Green Ergonomics12. Examining the Challenges of Responsible Consumption in an Emerging Market13. Promoting Green Technology Financing: Political Will and Information Asymmetries14. Lives We Have Reason to Value15. Ergonomics and Human Factors for a Sustainable Future: Suggestions for a Way ForwardAutoren-Porträt
Andrew Thatcher is Professor of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His research focuses on understanding sustainable work systems. He is Chair of the International Ergonomics Association's Technical Committee on 'Human Factors for Sustainable Development' and is one of the editors of the journal Ergonomics. Paul H.P. Yeow is Associate Professor and former Head of Marketing Discipline at the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia. Paul has completed 14 research funded projects related to human factors, sustainable production, information systems and marketing and published over 50 journal articles. He is a member of editorial board of Applied Ergonomics.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2018, 1st ed. 2018, XVI, 396 Seiten, Maße: 15,1 x 21,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Andrew Thatcher, Paul H.P. Yeow
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 9811080712
- ISBN-13: 9789811080715
Sprache:
Englisch
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