Title :
Digital ecosystems: ICT´s contribution to addressing climate change
Author :
Hasan, Helen ; Kazlauskas, Alanah
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Commerce, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
One of the most pressing challenges facing humankind is climate change, but it is a wicked problem. While the complexity of this problem can be overwhelming there are means through which the problem can be understood and advances made towards a solution. This paper applies a holistic theoretical sense-making framework and an ecosystem approach to research and practice on ICT issues in the climate change problem. It demonstrates how end-user tools and Web 2.0 technologies, which are embedded in digital ecosystems that include the social context, can play a positive role in the global challenges of climate change.
Keywords :
Internet; environmental science computing; Web 2.0 technology; climate change; digital ecosystem; holistic theoretical sense-making framework; Australia; Biology computing; Business; Ecosystems; Informatics; Information systems; Knowledge management; Lenses; Pressing; Testing; ICT; climate change; complexity; ecosystems;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, 2009. DEST '09. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2345-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2346-0
DOI :
10.1109/DEST.2009.5276743
