dc.contributor.advisor |
Dissanayake DGK |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Druckman A |
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dc.contributor.author |
Munasinghe PD |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023 |
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dc.date.available |
2023 |
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dc.date.issued |
2023 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Munasinghe, P.D. (2023). Developing a toolkit to incorporate environmental improvements into the fashion design process [Doctoral dissertation, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22207 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22207 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The fashion industry plays a vital role in the development of the global economy while
creating significant stress on the environment throughout its supply chains, due to high
resource consumption, waste generation, and carbon emissions. The mass-market is
the major market segment that creates sustainability concerns due to high volumes of
production and low product prices that motivate consumers to buy more and throw
away often. Consumer awareness and governmental concern regarding the
sustainability of the fashion industry have increased and the industry is now being
urged to take steps to mitigate environmental concerns. The literature reports many
initiatives by various parties to address the environmental challenges in the fashion
industry, but little success has been achieved to date. To address the sustainability
issues of fashion products, environmental impacts need to be taken into consideration
during the early stages of the product development process, and not once the product
is being made. Most of the decisions of a fashion product are made in the product
development stage, yet a comprehensive tool that supports making environmentally
conscious decisions is lacking.
This study describes the development of a user-friendly toolkit for mass-market
fashion designers, that facilitates environmentally responsible decision-making during
the product development process. The toolkit is expected to provide a simple, timeefficient
and inexpensive method that integrates sustainability into the design of
apparel products. This study employed a mixed-method approach which used both
quantitative and qualitative investigations. A systematic literature review was
conducted with a meta-analysis to investigate the environmental impact of the life
cycle of the fashion product to develop a database which comprises impact data across
the clothing lifecycle Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mass-market
fashion designers and sustainable design practitioners to investigate the key activities
and decisions of the mass-market design process and to explore views concerning the
impact of those decisions on the environment. Thematic analysis was used to analyse
the qualitative data. Later the interconnections of both quantitative and qualitative
aspects were made and those interconnections were composed into a comprehensive
structure to develop the toolkit. The model is simulated as a simple web-based
application that can be used as a toolkit to facilitate sustainable decision-making in the
product development process. The toolkit structure includes data processing and
visualisation methods, decision support protocols to improve the sustainability of the
design, and a user interface of the toolkit: data inputs, decision making, presenting
results and a bridge to link each interface. Finally, the simulated IT-based toolkit was
validated by the fashion designers, during which the toolkit was proven to be
successful in facilitating a user-friendly sustainable decision-making process. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.subject |
SUSTAINABLE FASHION |
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dc.subject |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL |
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dc.subject |
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION |
en_US |
dc.subject |
TOOLKIT |
en_US |
dc.subject |
DESIGN PROCESS |
en_US |
dc.subject |
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY |
en_US |
dc.subject |
TEXTILE AND APPAREL ENGINEERING - Dissertation |
en_US |
dc.title |
Developing a toolkit to incorporate environmental improvements into the fashion design process |
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dc.type |
Thesis-Abstract |
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dc.identifier.faculty |
Engineering |
en_US |
dc.identifier.degree |
Doictor of Philosophy |
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dc.identifier.department |
Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering |
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dc.date.accept |
2023 |
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dc.identifier.accno |
Th5138 |
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