Can New Perspectives on Sustainability Drive Lifestyles?

Maria R. Partidario, Gustavo Vicente and Constança Belchior
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Maria R. Partidario: IST-DECivil e Arquitectura, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Gustavo Vicente: IST-DECivil e Arquitectura, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Constança Belchior: IST-DECivil e Arquitectura, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal

Sustainability, 2010, vol. 2, issue 9, 1-24

Abstract: Understanding sustainability engages multiple views in a wide spectrum of technological, social and political positions. Over the last two decades it appears that an evolutionary process reflects a changing sustainability paradigm. At the basis of this changing paradigm remain strong principles of dematerialization, reflected in cuts in natural resource consumption, changing pathways to overcome lock-ins, mastering the art of economic innovation with ecological principles. This may engage new consumption attitudes and behavior. This review paper adopts a holistic and integrated sustainability perspective, suggesting a mix-and-match approach to engage more context specific designs for sustainability to look into principles of consumption behavior and people’s motivation in choosing their lifestyle.

Keywords: sustainability; lifestyles; consumer behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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