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UNINA9910783533103321 |
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Titolo |
Digital futures : living in a dot-com world / / edited by James Wilsdon |
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London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-47639-7 |
9786610476398 |
1-136-54832-7 |
600-00-0234-3 |
1-84977-382-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic commerce - Great Britain |
Information superhighway |
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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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"Forum for the Future." |
A product of the Digital Futures project set up by Forum for the Future. |
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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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Digital futures living in a dot-com world; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Figures, tables and boxes; Foreword; Introduction Digital futures: an agenda for a sustainable digital economy; 1 Mind over matter: greening the new economy; Response: Evan Davis; 2 E-topia? Scenarios for e-commerce and sustainability; Response: Amory Lovins; 3 Dot-com ethics: e-business and sustainability; Response: John Browning; 4 Surfing alone? E-commerce and social capital; Response: Madeleine Bunting; 5 Sink or surf? Social inclusion in the digital age; Response: Kevin Carey |
6 Towards the sustainable e-region Response: Jim Norton; 7 Virtual traffic: e-commerce, transport and distribution; Response: Stephen Joseph and Tara Garnett; 8 Bricks versus clicks: planning for the digital economy; Response: Peter Hall; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Beyond the hype about dot-coms, WAP phones and dot-com entrepreneurs, what impacts will e-commerce have on society? How will it affect jobs and local communities? What will it mean for the environment - for energy use, transport and the future shape of our cities? How can we ensure that everyone enjoys the benefits of the new |
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