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| Tekijä: | Jokinen, P. Malaska, P. Kaivo-oja, J. |
| Otsikko: | The environment in an 'information society' |
| Lehti: | Futures
1998 : AUG, VOL. 30:6, p. 485-498 |
| Asiasana: | Environment Information Sustainable development Society |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Social scientists and futurists have suggested that societal development is advancing to a novel stage, to an 'information society'. However, the crucial qualifiers of this 'new' society are ambiguous. Furthermore, environmental goals have created new challenges for information society studies. In the paper, the interaction and dynamics btw. the information society and sustainable development, which most often manifest themselves as competing scientific and socio-political discourses, are examined. On the one hand, there is the potential for reducing the stress on the environment: the emergence of information technologies and services can lead to the dematerialization of production and immaterialization of consumption. On the other hand, there are risks: positive environmental effects might be overcome by the rebound effect caused by excessive economic growth. |
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