文档介绍:Information Systems
for Sustainable
Development
Lorenz M. Hilty
EMPA, Switzerland
Eberhard K. Seifert
Wuppertal Institute, Germany
René Treibert
Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Information systems for sustainable development / Lorenz M. Hilty, editor, Eberhard K. Seifert,
editor, Rene Treibert, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-59140-342-1 (hardcover) -- ISBN 1-59140-343-X (pbk.) -- ISBN 1-59140-344-8
(e-book)
1. Sustainable development. 2. Information technology. I. Hilty, Lorenz M. II. Seifert, E. K.
(Eberhard K.) III. Treibert, René.
2004
'27'0285--dc22
2004003746
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