ICT and sustainable development

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2010, Pages 227-235

  Hilty, Lorenz M ^a,b   Hercheui, Magda David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Green ICT; ICT for development; Life cycle assessment; Rebound effect; Sustainable development; Technological determinism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ETHICS; ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REBOUND EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM;

GREEN COMPUTING;

EID: 84985910667     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15479-9_22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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