Powering down: Remedies for unsustainable ICT

foresight

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-21

  Forge, Simon ^a  

^a SCF Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatology; Communication technologies; Computer software; Economic sustainability; Energy consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547141158     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680710773795     Document Type: Article

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