Digital futures living in a dot-com world

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 enj...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Forum for the Future (Organization) (-), Digital Futures (Project)
Otros Autores: Wilsdon, James, 1973- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications 2001.
Edición:1st edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627089706719
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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
  • 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