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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820586303321

Autore

Tomlinson Bill <1972->

Titolo

Greening through IT : information technology for environmental sustainability / / Bill Tomlinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2010

ISBN

0-262-28835-4

1-282-63833-5

0-262-28508-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Green technology

Information technology - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Green IT -- Environmental horizons -- Human horizons -- The role of technology -- Survey of Green IT systems -- Green IT and education -- Green IT and personal change -- Green IT and collective action -- Ways forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental issues often span long periods of time, far-flung areas, and labyrinthine layers of complexity. This book investigates how the tools and techniques of information technology (IT) can help people tackle environmental problems at such vast scales. Describes theoretical, technological, and social aspects of a growing interdisciplinary approach to sustainability; offering both a human-centered framework for understanding Green IT systems and specific examples and case studies of Green IT in action.