ICT and the Environment in Developing Countries: An Overview of Opportunities and Developments

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Houghton, John (2009) ICT and the Environment in Developing Countries: An Overview of Opportunities and Developments. Communications and Strategies (76). pp. 39-60. ISSN 1157-8637

Abstract

Both developed and developing countries face many environmental challenges, including climate change, improving energy efficiency and waste management, addressing air pollution, water quality and scarcity, and loss of natural habitats and biodiversity. Drawing on the existing literature, this paper presents an overview of how the Internet and the ICT and related research communities can help tackle environmental challenges in developing countries. The review focuses on the role of ICTs in climate change mitigation, mitigating other environmental pressures, and climate change adaptation.

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issue is for the the 4th quarter of 2009

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/4345
Official URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/idt/journl/cs7602.html
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES)
Historical > FOR Classification > 1402 Applied Economics
Historical > SEO Classification > 9199 Other Economic Framework
Keywords ResPubID17919. information and communication technology, ICT, internet, environmental, environment, sustainable development, climate change mitigation, developing countries
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