Author asks whether new communications technologies can solve global development problems, or are they just a new way to make old mistakes? Examines the assumption that if you move data around instead of physical objects, then you can reduce pollution and energy use significantly. For example, analyses need to include environmental costs of the computers and networks themselves.
Melkote, S.R. (author) and Steeves, H. Leslie (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22090
Notes:
Pages 165-173 in Charles Okigbo and Festus Eribo (eds.), Development and communication in Africa. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24649
Notes:
Federation for Information and Documentation Conference, Havana, Cuba, September 19-22, 1991. 250 pages., Includes reference to information for agricultural development.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36214
Notes:
Section 3 in Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley (eds.), The first mile of connectivity, Communication for Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Via online. 9 pages.
