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Autore |
Rattle Robert |
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Titolo |
Computing our way to paradise? [[electronic resource] ] : the role of internet and communication technologies in sustainable consumption and globalization / / Robert Rattle |
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Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-47961-X |
9786612479618 |
0-7591-1933-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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Globalization and the Environment |
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Disciplina |
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303.48/33 |
303.4833 |
333.720285 |
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Soggetti |
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Internet - Social aspects |
Sustainable development |
Information technology - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. ICTs and Globalization: Asking Important Questions; Chapter 2. The Poverty of Affluence: Sustainable Consumption and Global Environmental Change; Chapter 3. Virtual Morality: Globalization, ICTs, and Sustainable Consumption; Chapter 4. Lulled to Complacency: ICTs and Energy and Materials Consumption; Chapter 5. The Efficiency Paradox: Intensity and Consumption; Chapter 6. From Social Meanings to Global Conformity: ICTs and the Global Commons; Chapter 7. Pathological Tendencies: The Health Link |
Chapter 8. Incantations and ICTs: A Global Ideological PervasionChapter 9. Redefining Reality, Transforming Values; Chapter 10. Global Transformations: Serious Considerations and Promising Opportunities; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Computing Our Way to Paradise? challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies in |
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