TY - BOOK AU - Jamshaid,Hafsa AU - Dad,Allah ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Creative Textile Industry: Past, Present and Future of South Asian Countries T2 - SDGs and Textiles, SN - 9789819738021 AV - TA418.95-455.2 PY - 2024/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Springer KW - Building materials KW - Sustainability KW - Technological innovations KW - Industrial Management KW - Wood, fabric, and textiles KW - Innovation and Technology Management N1 - Introduction /Significance of Creative Textile Industry -- Sectors of Creative textile industry in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh -- Past and Present Creative Textiles Products of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh -- Micro and Macroeconomic overview of Creative and Value added Textiles -- Design Method, types and amplifications -- Technology methods, processes and Amplification -- Technology Gaps in Past and Present times -- Future of the Creative Textile Industry N2 - This book gives a comprehensive overview of the creative textile industry and its sectors involved in South Asian countries namely Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. It provides basic knowledge about the textile, fabric manufacturing techniques, processing, and design method used for the development of creative textile products from the three countries in the past till the 1900s to the present 2023 and discusses the future challenges and prospects. It introduces the concept of a multi-species design process as the future need to obtain a sustainable product cycle of creative textile fabrics. The content of this book appeals to academic researchers, industrial practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in the creative textile industry in South Asia, its economics, and sustainability UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3802-1 ER -