Computing our way to paradise? : the role of internet and communication technologies in sustainable consumption and globalization /
Rattle's new book challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies (ICTs) in globalization processes. The author argues that while globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected global ICTnetwork of products, processes, and serv...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
c2010.
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Colección: | Globalization and the environment.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Rattle's new book challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies (ICTs) in globalization processes. The author argues that while globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected global ICTnetwork of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain. ICTs have been promoted as the next economic wave with the potential to generate jobs, wealth, and prosperity to surpass that of the industrial era. It is assumed the environmental impacts will be negligible or even beneficial in t. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 231 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780759119338 0759119333 0759109486 128247961X 9781282479616 9786612479618 6612479612 9780759109483 |