作者: Cristiano Alves , Arlindo Silva , Luis Reis , Paulo Ferro , Manuel Freitas
DOI: 10.5772/12876
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摘要: Nowadays, the world faces unprecedented challenges in social, environmental and economic dimensions. Industrial design has an important contribution shown all of these dimensions with solutions that provide positive answers. In particular, due to its relevance, automotive industry confronts a moment crisis, based on ecodesign products it been transforming opportunities. broad sense Bertalanffy s (1969) theory, earth inhabitants form single live body constant evolutive dynamics, which human activity influences is influenced by environment. Since natural artificial systems work holistic relationship, synergy between self-organization living organisms maintains global equilibrium systems. According Uexkull (1982) there are different tangible environments depend perception each species. Thus, influence species nature directly related biological scope. this sense, being developed ability create goods tools ensure survival hostile unknown world, beginning new age based, exclusively, material consumption from local environment, societies perceived recognized themselves as integral part nature. rate was consistent capacity absorb waste generate resources. It did not imply large changes environment since constrained limits reach so far lands. After industrial revolution, landmark domain over nature, (artificial) changed drastically. The industrialized society expanded limits, accelerating resources hence impacts, history. reached scale resulted severe perturbation (Schumacher, 1989) consequence issues constitute central theme international policy debates 60s. context, group researchers founded Rome Club, pointed out for population growth finiteness resources, through well-known report “The growth” (Meadows et al., 1972). From moment, were some countries sustainability became point among makers, managers,