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Global network : computers in a sustainable society
- Title
- Global network : computers in a sustainable society / John E. Young.
- Author
- Young, John E. (John Edward), 1963-
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Worldwatch Institute, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TK5105.5 .Y68 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 57 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Discusses the role of computers in predicting or identifying environmental problems, as well as in producing technologies capable of reducing industrial pollution and/or preserving ecosystems.
- Series Statement
- Worldwatch paper ; 115
- Uniform Title
- Worldwatch paper ; 115.
- Subject
- Computer networks
- Computers and civilization
- Computers > Environmental aspects
- Sustainable development
- Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
- Technology > Developing countries
- Electronic data processing > Social aspects
- Computer Communication Networks
- sustainable development
- Pays en développement
- Informatique
- Ecodéveloppement
- Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
- Technology
- Computer networks
- Computers and civilization
- Computers > Environmental aspects
- Sustainable development
- Computers
- computer
- computerization
- environmental protection
- computer industry
- pollution control
- economic model
- computer programme
- computer services industry
- toxic substances
- hazard
- environmental impact assessment
- social change
- statistical table
- ordinateur
- informatisation
- protection de l'environnement
- développement durable
- industrie des ordinateurs
- lutte antipollution
- modèle économique
- logiciel
- industrie du logiciel
- substances toxiques
- risque
- évaluation de l'impact sur l'environnement
- changement social
- tableau statistique
- computadora
- computerización
- protección ambiental
- desarrollo sostenible
- industria de las computadoras
- control de la contaminación
- modelo económico
- programa de computación
- industria de los programas de computación
- substancias tóxicas
- riesgo
- evaluación del impacto ambiental
- cambio social
- cuadros estadísticos
- Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- Developing countries
- developed countries
- developing countries
- pays développés
- pays en développement
- países desarrollados
- países en desarrollo
- Genre/Form
- reference.
- référence bibliographique.
- referencia.
- Note
- "September 1993."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-57).
- Contents
- A new technology, a new industry -- Monitoring and modeling: the economy and the biosphere -- Networking for sustainable development -- Computers and developing countries -- The toxic price of the microchip -- The environmental consequences of computerization -- Computers and global thinking.
- ISBN
- 1878071173
- 9781878071170
- LCCN
- 93060986
- ZBWT00532174
- OCLC
- ocm28951119
- 28951119
- SCSB-2030081
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library