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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This volume addresses the environmental impacts and management of computers through a set of analyses on issues ranging from environmental assessment, technologies for recycling, consumer behaviour, strategies of computer manufacturing firms, and government policies. One conclusion is that extending the lifespan of computers (e.g. through reselling) is an environmentally and economically effective strategy that deserves more attention from governments, firms and the general public.
Editors and Affiliations
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Zero Emissions Forum, United Nations University, Hamburg, Germany
Ruediger Kuehr
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Environmental and Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
Eric Williams
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts
Editors: Ruediger Kuehr, Eric Williams
Series Title: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0033-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1679-0Published: 31 October 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1680-6Published: 31 October 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0033-8Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1389-6970
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 285
Topics: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Environmental Management, Management of Computing and Information Systems