ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field
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The time-dependent nature of sustainability has made addressing the second and third orders of effects of software solutions very challenging.
“Finally, the time-dependent nature of sustainability has made addressing the second and third orders of effects of software solutions very challenging [54].”
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The enabling paradigm aims at using ICT to support sustainability throughout the entire society and economy, applying computing to contribute to societal change toward sustainability without expecting radical changes of society or economy themselves.
“This paradigm, often addressed as “green by IT” [163], “I(C)T enabling effect” [186], or occasionally also as “ICT handprint” [41], aims at using ICT to support sustainability throughout the entire society and economy, and it applies computing to contribute to societal change toward sustainability, without, however, expecting radical changes of the society or economy themselves.”
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- Authors
- Hilty, L. M., & Aebischer, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Hilty, Lorenz M.
- ORCID
- Hilty, Lorenz M.
- Venue
- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2014-08-07
- Pages
- 3-36
- ISSN
- 2194-5357 (ISSN-L)
- 2194-5365
- OpenAlex
- W46151247
- Cited by
- 388
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 58.05
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.zora.uzh.ch
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- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Green IT and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Smart Cities and Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Design and Development
- Keywords
- sustainable development, decoupling, environmental informatics, computational sustainability, green ICT, conceptual framework
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