Assessing the nexus of sustainability and information & communications technology

Raul Gouvea, Dimitri Kapelianis and Sul Kassicieh

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018, vol. 130, issue C, 39-44

Abstract: The link between information and communications technology and sustainability has been discussed by many authors, yet a macro-level analysis of the link coupled with an examination of the link between new technology areas, human development and the interaction between all of these measures has not been fully explored. In this paper, we hypothesize the link between environmental sustainability, information and communication technology, and human development. We find that information and communications technology and human development have significant main and interactive effects on environmental sustainability. Our discussion section proposes further research into these areas to understand some of the micro-level interactions.

Keywords: Information and communications technology; Human development; Sustainability; Technology link to sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.07.023

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