The grey side of ICT

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-523

  Plepys, Andrius ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumption; Environmental impact; Information and communication technologies; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY POLICY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY SECTOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COMMUNICATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0036793482     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-9255(02)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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