ICT innovations for sustainability /

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Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2014]
©2015
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 474 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2194-5357 ; volume 310
Advances in intelligent systems and computing ; v. 310.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11087003
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Other authors / contributors:Hilty, Lorenz M., editor.
Aebischer, Bernard, editor.
ISBN:9783319092287
3319092286
9783319092270
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 19, 2014).
Summary:ICT Innovations for Sustainability is an investigation of how information and communication technology can contribute to sustainable development. It presents clear definitions of sustainability, suggesting conceptual frameworks for the positive and negative effects of ICT on sustainable development. It reviews methods of assessing the direct and indirect impact of ICT systems on energy and materials demand, and examines the results of such assessments. In addition, it investigates ICT-based approaches to supporting sustainable patterns of production and consumption, analyzing them at various l.
Other form:Print version: Hilty, Lorenz M. ICT Innovations for Sustainability. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2014 9783319092270
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7