"A broad and growing literature describes the deep and multidisciplinary nature of the sustainability challenges faced by the United States and the world. Despite the profound technical challenges involved, sustainability is not, at its root, a technical problem, nor will merely technical solut...

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Körperschaften:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Computing Research for Environmental and Societal Sustainability, National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Weitere Verfasser:	Millett, Lynette I., Estrin, Deborah (Deborah Lynn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Schlagworte:	Sustainable development > Research. Sustainable development > Data processing. Sustainable development > Computer simulation. Ecosystem management > Data processing. Ecosystem management > Computer simulation. Développement durable > Recherche. Développement durable > Informatique. Développement durable > Simulation par ordinateur. Écosystèmes > Gestion > Informatique. Écosystèmes > Gestion > Simulation par ordinateur. SCIENCE > Global Warming & Climate Change. Ecosystem management > Computer simulation Sustainable development > Research
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Zusammenfassung:	"A broad and growing literature describes the deep and multidisciplinary nature of the sustainability challenges faced by the United States and the world. Despite the profound technical challenges involved, sustainability is not, at its root, a technical problem, nor will merely technical solutions be sufficient. Instead, deep economic, political, and cultural adjustments will ultimately be required, along with a major, long-term commitment in each sphere to deploy the requisite technical solutions at scale. Nevertheless, technological advances and enablers have a clear role in supporting such change, and information technology (IT) is a natural bridge between technical and social solutions because it can offer improved communication and transparency for fostering the necessary economic, political, and cultural adjustments. Moreover, IT is at the heart of nearly every large-scale socioeconomic system-including systems for finance, manufacturing, and the generation and distribution of energy-and so sustainability-focused changes in those systems are inextricably linked with advances in IT. The focus of Computing Research for Sustainability is "greening through IT," the application of computing to promote sustainability broadly. The aim of this report is twofold: to shine a spotlight on areas where IT innovation and computer science (CS) research can help, and to urge the computing research community to bring its approaches and methodologies to bear on these pressing global challenges. Computing Research for Sustainability focuses on addressing medium- and long-term challenges in a way that would have significant, measurable impact. The findings and recommended principles of the Committee on Computing Research for Environmental and Societal Sustainability concern four areas: (1) the relevance of IT and CS to sustainability; (2) the value of the CS approach to problem solving, particularly as it pertains to sustainability challenges; (3) key CS research areas; and (4) strategy and pragmatic approaches for CS research on sustainability"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xv, 155 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780309257596 030925759X 1283636115 9781283636117 6613948578 9786613948571