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ICT Innovations for Sustainability is an investigation of how
information and communication technology can contribute to
sustainable development. It presents clear definitions of
sustainability, suggesting conceptual frameworks for the positive
and negative effects of ICT on sustainable development. It reviews
methods of assessing the direct and indirect impact of ICT systems
on energy and materials demand, and examines the results of such
assessments. In addition, it investigates ICT-based approaches to
supporting sustainable patterns of production and consumption,
analyzing them at various levels of abstraction - from end-user
devices, Internet infrastructure, user behavior, and social
practices to macro-economic indicators. Combining approaches from
Computer Science, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction,
Economics, and Environmental Sciences, the book presents a new,
holistic perspective on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S). It is an
indispensable resource for anyone working in the area of ICT for
Energy Efficiency, Life Cycle Assessment of ICT, Green IT, Green
Information Systems, Environmental Informatics, Energy Informatics,
Sustainable HCI, or Computational Sustainability.
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What Kind of Information Society? Governance, Virtuality, Surveillance, Sustainability, Resilience - 9th IFIP TC 9 International Conference, HCC9 2010 and 1st IFIP TC 11 International Conference, CIP 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20-23, 2010, Proceedings (Paperback, Edition.)
Jacques J. Berleur, Magda David Hercheui, Lorenz M Hilty
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The present book contains the proceedings of two conferences held
at the World Computer Congress 2010 in Brisbane, Australia
(September 20-23) organised by the International Federation for
Information Processing (IFIP). In the first part, the reader can
find the proceedings of the 9th Human Choice and Computers
International C- ference (HCC9) organised by the IFIP Technical
Committee TC9 on the Relationship Between ICT and Society. The HCC9
part is subdivided into four tracks: Ethics and ICT Governance,
Virtual Technologies and Social Shaping, Surveillance and Privacy,
and ICT and Sustainable Development. The second part consists of
papers given at the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
Conference (CIP) organized by the IFIP Technical Committee TC11 on
Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems.
The two parts of the book are introduced by the respective
Conference Chairs. Chapter 1 introduces HCC9, providing a short
summary of the HCC conference series, which started in 1974, and
explaining the overview of HCC9, detailing the rationale behind
each of the tracks in this conference. The details related to the
papers of each track are discussed by the Track Chairs in the
respective introductions to the specific tracks of HCC9 (Chaps. 2,
10, 16 and 22). Finally, Chap. 22 introduces the CIP part.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are contributing
both to environmental problems and to their solution. Will ICT
producers, users and recyclers be the major polluters of tomorrow,
or will 'Green IT' and a dematerialized information society save
the climate? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the
relationship between ICT and sustainable development, culminating
in 15 recommendations - to producers, users and political decision
makers - which show the way to a sustainable information
society.Keywords: Information Technology, Environment, Sustainable
Development, Environmental Informatics, Green IT, Green Computing,
Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity,
Dematerialization, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), E-waste, Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Recycling,
Technological Complexity, Critical Information Infrastructure, Open
Standards, Rebound Effect.
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