1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778810003321

Titolo

Working toward sustainability : ethical decision-making in a technological world / / Charles Kibert [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-118-10589-3

1-283-43218-8

9786613432186

1-118-10603-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Sustainable Design ; ; v.35

Classificazione

ARC000000

Altri autori (Persone)

KibertCharles J

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Environmental ethics

Environmental economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Working toward Sustainability; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; MAKING CONNECTIONS; SHIFTING TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY; THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK; Chapter 1 A Context for Sustainability; THE RATIONALE FOR SUSTAINABILITY; Sustainability Interlude; A Response to a Crisis; CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES; Population and Consumption; Climate Change; Nonrenewable Resource Depletion; Loss of Biodiversity; Overfishing; Eutrophication; Desertification and Acidification; Poverty; Ecosystem Services and Quality of Life; THE ETHICAL CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY; THE THREE-LEG MODEL OF SUSTAINABILITY

CONCLUSIONChapter 2 The Technology Challenge; OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY; Defining Technology; A Brief History of Technology; THE TECHNOLOGY PARADOX; Technological Optimism versus Technological Pessimism; Developing a More Nuanced View of the Impacts of Technology; CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY; Predicting Consequences of Technology; Reducing the Uncertainty of Technology; Technology Risk Assessment, Acceptance, and Management;



ALTERNATIVE, APPROPRIATE, AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 3 Introduction to Ethical Concepts

RELIGIOUS ETHICSCommon Ideals; Views of Human Nature; SECULAR AND PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICAL TRADITIONS; Justice; Deontological Ethics; Rights; Consequentialist Ethics; Objectivism and Ethical Relativism; Objectivism and Relativism in Sustainability; ETHICS AS A TOOL FOR MAKING DECISIONS; Framing Ethical Problems; Conflicting Values; THE THREE LEGS OF SUSTAINABILITY; Social Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Economic Ethics; Integrating the Three Legs; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4 Social Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics; JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND RECIPROCITY; The Golden Rule; Ethics of Care

DISTRIBUTIONAL PRINCIPLESDistribution in a Just Society; Distributing Disadvantages; EXPLORING INTERDEPENDENCE; Thinking Globally, Acting Locally; Life on Spaceship Earth; Environmental Justice; OBLIGATIONS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS; Intergenerational Justice; A Look Back at Looking Forward; Future Quality of Life; Beyond Seven Generations; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Environmental Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics; THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; The Birth of Modern Environmental Ethics; Environmentalism Becomes Mainstream; Undertones of the Sacred; RELIGION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Religion and NatureGreening Religion; ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; Development of Ecology; CARICATURES OF NATURE; A Closer World; CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; Getting the Scale of Ethics Right; Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, and Social Ecology; Pluralistic Approaches; Bioregionalism; The New Agrarian Movement; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND NONHUMAN ANIMALS; Making a Case for the Individual; Mixed Communities; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND THE ETHICS OF SUSTAINABILITY; Identifying Values; Emphasizing Human Priorities; CONCLUSION

Chapter 6 Economic Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive introduction to the ethics of sustainability for empowering professionals and practitioners in many different fields By building the framework for balancing technological developments with their social and environmental effects, sustainable practices have grounded the vision of the green movement for the past few decades. Now deeply rooted in the public conscience, sustainability has put its stamp on various institutions and sectors, from national to local governments, from agriculture to tourism, and from manufacturing to resource management. But until now, the technological



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910410049303321

Titolo

Internet of Things Use Cases for the Healthcare Industry / / edited by Pethuru Raj, Jyotir Moy Chatterjee, Abhishek Kumar, B. Balamurugan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

9783030375263

3030375269

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 296 p. 79 illus., 59 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

610.28563

Soggetti

Computer networks

Computer engineering

Internet of things

Embedded computer systems

Medical informatics

Computer input-output equipment

Computer Communication Networks

Cyber-physical systems, IoT

Health Informatics

Input/Output and Data Communications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

AI in Health Sector -- Real-Time Smart Healthcare Model using IoT -- A Fog Based Approach for Real-Time Analytics of IoT-Enabled Healthcare -- Applications of IoT in Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Systems -- CloudIoT for Smart Healthcare: Architecture, Issues and Challenges -- Impact of IoT on the Healthcare Producers: Epitomizing Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery Process -- Cyber-Security Threats in Medical Devices -- Smart Healthcare Use Cases and Applications -- IoT Use Cases and Applications -- Internet of Things for Ambient Assisted Living - An Overview -- Smart Health care Applications and Real Time Analytics through Edge Computing -- The Role of Blockchain for Medical Electronics Security -- Clinical Data Analysis using IoT Data Analytics Platforms -- Internet of Things - Tools and Technologies in Healthcare



-- Clinical data analysis using IoT -- Security Issues in IoT and Healthcare Devices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores potentially disruptive and transformative healthcare-specific use cases made possible by the latest developments in Internet of Things (IoT) technology and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Healthcare data can be subjected to a range of different investigations in order to extract highly useful and usable intelligence for the automation of traditionally manual tasks. In addition, next-generation healthcare applications can be enhanced by integrating the latest knowledge discovery and dissemination tools. These sophisticated, smart healthcare applications are possible thanks to a growing ecosystem of healthcare sensors and actuators, new ad hoc and application-specific sensor and actuator networks, and advances in data capture, processing, storage, and mining. Such applications also take advantage of state-of-the-art machine and deep learning algorithms, major strides in artificial and ambient intelligence, and rapid improvements in the stability and maturity of mobile, social, and edge computing models. .