The Information Society and its Eco-dis/advantages

Bãlãceanu Cristina (), Diana Apostol () and Penu Daniela ()
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Bãlãceanu Cristina: “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest
Penu Daniela: “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2012, vol. XII, issue 2, 236-242

Abstract: The concepts of sustainability and information society are different topics, approached through their own different vocabularies, development policies and priorities; their lack of interaction leads to a reinforcement of their isolation and stereotypes. The information society has the advantage of exploiting increasing efficiencies from the knowledge distribution and use, the economies’ dematerialization is not eo ipso eco-efficient or sustainable, but it has the tendency of generating unintended effects under the form of rebound effects. We are questioning a series of approaches regarding this issue, wanting to achieve a comprehensible goal rather than an analytical one. At the same time, we want to highlight the advantages of the Immaterialisation paradigm, “as a switch in consumption behavior from more material to less material”, as compared to the paradigm of Dematerialization; the first paradigm, that of Immaterialisation, probably has the deepest interdisciplinary roots.

Keywords: sustainable development; rebound effects; eco-efficiency; i/dematerialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O44 Q01 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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