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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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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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/33 |
| 303.4833 | |
| 333.720285 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Internet - Social aspects |
| Sustainable development | |
| Information technology - Social aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Computing Our Way to Paradise? challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies in globalization processes. The author argues that while globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected network of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Computing our way to paradise |
| ISBN: | 1-282-47961-X |
| 9786612479618 | |
| 0-7591-1933-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780839703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Globalization and the Environment