Overview
- Edited and Written by leading experts in textiles and clothing sustainability
- Addresses three pillars: environmental, social, and economic sustainability
- Discusses the sustainable face of textiles in a new form
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology (TSCT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book examines in detail key aspects of sustainability in the textile industry, especially environmental, social and economic sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector. It highlights the various faces and facets of sustainability and their implications for textiles and the clothing sector.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based in Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters degrees in Textile Technology from premier institutes in India. He was awarded a doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, for his dissertation entitled “Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags”. He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He has received numerous awards for his research, and has produced more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals. He holds two patents and has written over 25 scientific books, in addition to numerous conference publications. He is currently an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals in textiles and environmental science disciplines.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainability in the Textile Industry
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Textile Science and Clothing Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2639-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2638-6Published: 24 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9674-7Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2639-3Published: 14 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2197-9863
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 147
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Textile Engineering, Sustainable Development, Industrial and Production Engineering, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Environmental Management, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials