عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HM851 .R38 2010eb
HM851
.
R38
2010eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0759109486
(Number (ISBN
0759119333
(Number (ISBN
128247961X
(Number (ISBN
6612479612
(Number (ISBN
9780759109483
(Number (ISBN
9780759119338
(Number (ISBN
9781282479616
(Number (ISBN
9786612479618
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b754076
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Computing our way to paradise? :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the role of internet and communication technologies in sustainable consumption and globalization /
First Statement of Responsibility
Robert Rattle.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lanham, Md. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rowman & Littlefield,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Globalization and the environment
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-223) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Rattle's new book challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies (ICTs) in globalization processes. The author argues that while globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected global ICTnetwork of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain. ICTs have been promoted as the next economic wave with the potential to generate jobs, wealth, and prosperity to surpass that of the industrial era. It is assumed the environmental impacts will be negligible or even beneficial in t.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
247961
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Computing our way to paradise?
International Standard Book Number
9780759109483
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Atarazanas, Valencia
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Information technology-- Social aspects.
Internet-- Social aspects.
Sustainable development.
Computer Communication Networks.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Economic Development.
Internet.
Aspects socio-économiques.
COMPUTERS-- Information Technology.
Développement durable.
Epuisement des ressources.
Globalisierung
Globalisierung-- Internet.
Globalisierung-- Telekommunikation.
Information technology-- Social aspects.
Internet-- Globalisierung.
Internet-- Social aspects.
Internet.
Mondialisation.
Nachhaltige Entwicklung-- Internet.
Nachhaltige Entwicklung-- Telekommunikation.
Nachhaltigkeit
Sustainable development.
Technologies de l'information et de la communication.
Telekommunikation
Telekommunikation-- Globalisierung.
Umweltschutz
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
COM-- 032000
RNK, UB
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
303
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48/33
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HM851
Book number
.
R38
2010eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Rattle, Robert.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204134051.0
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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