Environmental Online Communication /

The Internet and wireless communication networks are transforming the way society handles the explosive growth & the dwindling half-life of environmentally relevant information. How can we leverage new technologies to advocate sustainability & the protection of natural ecosystems? This book...

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Main Author: Scharl, Arno
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2004.
Series:Advanced information and knowledge processing.
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Summary:The Internet and wireless communication networks are transforming the way society handles the explosive growth & the dwindling half-life of environmentally relevant information. How can we leverage new technologies to advocate sustainability & the protection of natural ecosystems? This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation of this question, combining theoretical foundations of environmental online communication with pioneering conceptual work & case studies of successful information systems. Environmental Online Communication addresses the transition to a knowledge-based economy, sheds light on hidden assumptions & misconceptions about environmental issues, & suggests priorities for research and policy development. This volume analyses communicative strategies and processes from four interrelated perspectives: - Raising Environmental Awareness - Environmental Science - Corporate Sustainability - Networks & Virtual Communities Supplemental material is available at: www.ecoresearch.net/springer.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages)
ISBN:9781447137986 (electronic bk.)
1447137981 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1610-3947