Greening Through IT: Information Technology for Environmental Sustainability - By Bill Tomlinson
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Greening through IT: Information Technology for Environmental Sustainability
The “through” in Bill Tomlinson’s title suggests a perspective that ascribes a fundamental role for information technology (IT) as an agency of environmental sustainability. The alternative—that IT also acts as agency of unsustainable practices—is also represented in Tomlinson’s description of the relationship between human behaviors and environmental conditions—especially climate change. Nonet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Policy Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1541-132X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00530_2.x