Technology, Society and Sustainability Selected Concepts, Issues and Cases

This collection is a multidisciplinary and multicultural contribution to the current sustainability discourse. It is focused on two main dimensions of our world: complexity and diversity. Desirable and urgent transition of socio-technological systems toward a sustainability trajectory of development...

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Other Authors: Zacher, Lech W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Technological Developments – Civilization - Policies
  • Chapter 1. Diffusion of Innovation in Social Networking (Karol I. Pelc)
  • Chapter 2. The Architecture of Sustainability-oriented Enterprise and Civilization (Andrew S. Targowski)
  • Chapter 3. Technologization of Man and Marketization of His Activities and Culture of the Future (Lech W. Zacher)
  • Chapter 4. The Digital Agenda of the European Union and The Digital Policies of the US (Despina Anagnostopoulou)
  • Part II. Some Applications
  • Chapter 5. Social Justice through Adhaar : An e-Policy Initiative (Anarug Kumar Srivastava)
  • Chapter 6. Audiovisuality of the Third Degree – Reality or Fantasy? (Tadeusz Miczka)
  • Chapter 7. Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage (Nonja Peters). Part II. Impacts on Societies
  • Chapter 8. The Peril and the Promise of the Internet Technology for Future Social Order (Alina Betlej)
  • Chapter 24. Integrated and Sustainable Approaches to Address City Inundation in China (Baohui Zhao)
  • Chapter 25. Nano-biotechnology for Water Sustainability: Bibliometric Analysis (Li Xu)
  • Part VIII. Sustainability and Business
  • Chapter 26. Stakeholders’ Strategic Thinking for Sustainable Development (Anna Czarczyńska)
  • Chapter 27. Generative Dynamics: What Sustains the Creation of Shared Business Value (Massimiliano Monaci)
  • Chapter 28. Sustainability and the Firm – From the Global to the Corporate Ecological Footprint (Luisa Soares)
  • Chapter 29. Sustainability and Public Finances in the Time of Austerity (Noel B. L. P. Gomes)
  • Chapter 9. The Citizen in the Cyberspace: Should There Be Any Limits to the Freedom of Speech in the Internet? (Joanna Miksa).-Chapter 10. Progress in Science and Technology vs Threats to Civic Liberties – Selected Issues (Ewa Polak)
  • Chapter 11. Impact of ICT on the Law (Małgorzata Skórzewska-Amberg)
  • Chapter 12. Legal and Moral Dilemmas of Targeted Killing by Drones (Wojciech Lamentowicz)
  • Part IV. Technology Evaluations and Policies
  • Chapter 13. Technology Assessment in Systems Analysis (Piotr Sienkiewicz)
  • Chapter 14. Technology Assessment and Policy Advice in the Field of Sustainable Development (Armin Grunwald)
  • Chapter 15. Cooperation with Middle and Eastern European Countries in the Field of Technology Assessment – Results and Experiences. A Short Overview (Gerhard Banse)
  • Part V. Approaches to Sustainability – Some Examples
  • Chapter 16. Sustainability as Growth (Tsvi Bisk)
  • Chapter 17. What Can We Do Better for Sustainability in an Uncertain Future? (Li Xu)
  • Chapter 18. Economic Prosperity and Sustainability in China: Seeking Wisdom from Confucianism and Taoism (Xiumei Guo)
  • Chapter 19. Threats to Sustainable Development (Andrzej P. Wierzbicki)
  • Chapter 20. Sustainable Development – Sustainable Man (External and Internal Conditions for Sustainability) (Wiesław Sztumski)
  • Part VI. Sustainability – Dimensions and Issues
  • Chapter 21. Embedding Sustainable Development in Organisations through Leadership: A Conceptual Framework (Emiliya Stoyanova)
  • Part VII. Sustainability – Practical Orientations
  • Chapter 22. Can the EU Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan Realize the Sustainable Development Principle? (Joanna Kielin-Maziarz)
  • Chapter 23. Implications for China’s Resource Demand on Sustainability in Australia (Jin Hong)