UID:
edocfu_9959245991102883
Format:
1 online resource (249 p.)
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
1-280-47639-7
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9786610476398
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1-136-54832-7
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600-00-0234-3
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1-84977-382-3
Content:
Beyond the hype about dot-coms, WAP phones and dot-com entrepreneurs, what impacts will e-commerce have on society? How will it affect jobs and local communities? What will it mean for the environment - for energy use, transport and the future shape of our cities? How can we ensure that everyone enjoys the benefits of the new digital technologies? This is a groundbreaking exploration of the social and environmental impacts and opportunities of the new economy. It brings together the leading thinkers and visionaries from the worlds of policy, business and academia in an insightful, vigorous and
Note:
"Forum for the Future."
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A product of the Digital Futures project set up by Forum for the Future.
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Digital futures living in a dot-com world; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Figures, tables and boxes; Foreword; Introduction Digital futures: an agenda for a sustainable digital economy; 1 Mind over matter: greening the new economy; Response: Evan Davis; 2 E-topia? Scenarios for e-commerce and sustainability; Response: Amory Lovins; 3 Dot-com ethics: e-business and sustainability; Response: John Browning; 4 Surfing alone? E-commerce and social capital; Response: Madeleine Bunting; 5 Sink or surf? Social inclusion in the digital age; Response: Kevin Carey
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6 Towards the sustainable e-region Response: Jim Norton; 7 Virtual traffic: e-commerce, transport and distribution; Response: Stephen Joseph and Tara Garnett; 8 Bricks versus clicks: planning for the digital economy; Response: Peter Hall; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-136-54831-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781849773829
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