TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship of sustainability to telecommunications
AU - Moss, Mitchell L.
AU - Kaufman, Sarah M.
AU - Townsend, Anthony M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Anthony Townsend is a research director at the Institute for the Future, an independent non-profit research group based in Palo Alto, California. Earlier Dr Townsend taught courses in geographic information systems, telematics, and urban design at New York University, and directed several major research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security. He holds a PhD in urban and regional planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master's degree in urban planning from New York University, and a BA from Rutgers University.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Although telecommunications networks are central to modern urban life, scholars and policymakers have largely ignored the relationship of sustainability to telecommunications. Telecommunications can affect sustainability as a result of the complex, indirect effects that changes in telecommunications systems have on mobility, land use, locational decisions and energy consumption. During the past quarter-century, the construction of new telecommunications networks for communications across national borders, within metropolitan neighborhoods, and inside buildings, has transformed the way in which we use information. This article explores ways in which telecommunications has allowed for great strides towards a more sustainable urban ecology by making buildings more efficient, shifting reliance from roads to fibers and transforming government, economic development, transportation and disaster preparedness.
AB - Although telecommunications networks are central to modern urban life, scholars and policymakers have largely ignored the relationship of sustainability to telecommunications. Telecommunications can affect sustainability as a result of the complex, indirect effects that changes in telecommunications systems have on mobility, land use, locational decisions and energy consumption. During the past quarter-century, the construction of new telecommunications networks for communications across national borders, within metropolitan neighborhoods, and inside buildings, has transformed the way in which we use information. This article explores ways in which telecommunications has allowed for great strides towards a more sustainable urban ecology by making buildings more efficient, shifting reliance from roads to fibers and transforming government, economic development, transportation and disaster preparedness.
KW - Disaster preparedness
KW - Economic development
KW - Environmental sustainability
KW - Government
KW - Telecommunications
KW - Transportation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.10.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33644783623
SN - 0160-791X
VL - 28
SP - 235
EP - 244
JO - Technology in Society
JF - Technology in Society
IS - 1-2
ER -