ICT for Sustainable Development

ICT for Sustainable Development

The use of ICT to drive sustainable development is a constant debate. Whereas one group staunchly defends employing ICT for guiding and implementing sustainable development, others fight vigorously to highlight its many negatives. One should readily agree that, as with most things in this world, apply ing ICT to propel any development will have its benefits and pitfalls. Its measurement must th...

ICT and Sustainable Development

We discuss various views and conceptual frameworks put forward in the discussion of ICT and sustainable development: An optimistic and a pessimistic view of ICT with regard to sustainability, the three-pillar approach to sustainable development, the three-level approach to ICT impacts, the claim of human, social and ecological compatibility of ICT and the plain use of ICT for development. We sh...

Extending Development: Ict for ‘sustainable Freedom’

There has been considerable discussion in the ICT4D community and beyond about the meaning of ‘development’. Recently, social and human interpretations have gained some ground in competition with more traditional economic ones. This paper offers some discussion about development in the extended perspective of sustainability. While development, in any definition, typically refers to bringing imp...

ICT for Sustainable Cities: How ICT can support an environmentally sustainable development in cities. Authors

In this article we focus on the opportunities to use ICT to help cities reach their environmental targets and specifically how ICT can support reduction of energy use. We have developed an analytical framework to be able to identify ICT solutions opportunities that can support cities to decrease the energy use that origin from the inhabitants’ consumption in order to reach climate targets. We u...

ICT for Sustainable Development of the Tourism Industry in Cambodia