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Type Book Chapter
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title An Approach to Assess Indirect Environmental Effects of Digitalization Based on a Time-Use Perspective
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Jan Bieser
  • Lorenz Hilty
Editors
  • Hans-Joachim Bungartz
  • Dieter Kranzlmüller
  • Volker Weinberg
  • Jens Weismüller
  • Volker Wohlgemuth
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Booktitle Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics
Series Name Progress in IS
ISBN 978-3-319-99653-0
ISSN 2196-8705
Number 43
Place of Publication Cham
Publisher Springer (Bücher)
Page Range 67 - 78
Date 2018
Abstract Text The digital transformation has direct and indirect effects on the environment. Direct effects are caused by the production, use and disposal of information and communication technology (ICT) hardware. Indirect effects include the changes to patterns of production and consumption enabled by ICT in other domains. Studies of indirect environmental effects of ICT often focus on individual applications domains and their use cases, which implies that these studies cannot capture systemic effects of ICT adoption. We argue that interaction among ICT use cases is crucial to explain systemic environmental effects of ICT. In order to capture these interactions, we suggest focusing on ICT impacts on individual lifestyles, in particular time use, because (i) time is a limited resource for everyone, a fact which makes time budget constraints a central link among different activities and (ii) many ICT use cases relax time and space constraints of individuals, thus changing time allocation. With this approach, we take into account that individual lifestyles are a major determinant of the overall environmental impact and that ICT diffusion changes individual time-use patterns and therefore lifestyles. Based on these considerations, we propose a conceptual framework that describes the causal mechanisms between ICT use, time-use patterns and environmental impacts.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/978-3-319-99654-7_5
Other Identification Number merlin-id:16983
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