ASSESSING THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF ICT ON PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT

Paula van Hoorik, Freek Bomhof, Pieter Meulenhoff

2010

Abstract

There are numerous methods to measure the impact of ICT on the environment, all of them different in scope, some of them incomplete and it is difficult to see the connection between them. This study draws an inventory of methods to assess the impact of ICT which all of them have their pros and cons. Furthermore, this study defines the building blocks a more complete method to evaluate both the positive and negative impacts of ICT on People, Planet and Profit.

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

van Hoorik P., Bomhof F. and Meulenhoff P. (2010). ASSESSING THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF ICT ON PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT . In Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICGREEN, (INNOV 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-15-7, pages 45-50. DOI: 10.5220/0003041100450050

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icgreen10,
author={Paula van Hoorik and Freek Bomhof and Pieter Meulenhoff},
title={ASSESSING THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF ICT ON PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICGREEN, (INNOV 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={45-50},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003041100450050},
isbn={978-989-8425-15-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICGREEN, (INNOV 2010)
TI - ASSESSING THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF ICT ON PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT
SN - 978-989-8425-15-7
AU - van Hoorik P.
AU - Bomhof F.
AU - Meulenhoff P.
PY - 2010
SP - 45
EP - 50
DO - 10.5220/0003041100450050