Future-proofing making practice-based IT design sustainable / Carla Simone, Ina Wagner, Claudia Müller, Anne Weibert, Volker Wulf.
| Author/creator | Simone, Carla |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021] |
| Description | xiv, 383 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Knovel, Academic, General Engineering & Project Administration |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Wagner, Ina, 1946- |
| Other author/creator | Müller, Claudia (Professor of information technology) |
| Other author/creator | Weibert, Anne. |
| Other author/creator | Wulf, Volker. |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Abstract | "Sustainability is crucial for the future of our societies. From a computing perspective, the challenge is to design IT artifacts that contribute to improving people's work and everyday life in a sustainable way, thereby also contributing to social and ecological sustainability. The book documents the experiences made by several leading research groups in Europe, North America and South Africa, describing their efforts to achieve sustainable design results, the difficulties that barred the way but also the strategies they adopted to achieve the goal of sustainability. The analysis of this rich empirical material helps thinking about how to more systematically address and possibly overcome the impediments to achieving a design result that is sustainable in practice. It points at the importance of considering the socio-technical nature of innovation, to focus on the relationship between ownership, appropriation and learning early on in a project, and to strive not only for technological flexibility but take care of issues of maintenance repair in designing computer-support. The book discusses the changes that would be necessary to make the main stakeholders in IT design more open to creating environments for sustainable innovation. The examples discussed in this book and their analysis can inspire researchers, institutions, managers, ICT professionals and educators to promote the goal of sustainable design results and increase the overall awareness of its strategic relevance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (353-377) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021941944 |
| ISBN | 9780198862505 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |