Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research

Fons Wijnhoven; Pim Dietz; Chintan Amrit

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33332-3_13

Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research

Fons Wijnhoven, Pim Dietz, Chintan Amrit

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Information technology is powered by electricity. Although its impact on Green House Gasses (GHG) is still rather limited, the next decade will show an explosion of its impact because technological innovations on data communication, information retrieval and datacenter operation will not compensate the increased need for energy of information technology. This paper approaches the problem not from a technical perspective, but from the perspective of information value and the opportunities to detect and remove information waste. For this we identify several indicators of information waste and we then propose some key ideas for researching the topic

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society
Subtitle of host publication	10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings
Editors	Magda David Hercheui, Diane Whitehouse, William J. McIver Jr., Jackie Phahlamohlaka
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	IFIP
Pages	134-142
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-33332-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-33331-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33332-3_13
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10: ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 27 Sep 2012 → 28 Sep 2012 Conference number: 10

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Publisher	IFIP
Volume	386
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238

Conference

Conference	10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10
Abbreviated title	HVV
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	27/09/12 → 28/09/12

Keywords

Information value
Information waste
File retention
Web site quality

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Wijnhoven, F., Dietz, P., & Amrit, C. (2012). Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research. In M. D. Hercheui, D. Whitehouse, W. J. McIver Jr., & J. Phahlamohlaka (Eds.), ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings (pp. 134-142). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 386). IFIP. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33332-3_13

Wijnhoven, Fons ; Dietz, Pim ; Amrit, Chintan. / Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action : Concepts and Research. ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings. editor / Magda David Hercheui ; Diane Whitehouse ; William J. McIver Jr. ; Jackie Phahlamohlaka. Amsterdam : IFIP, 2012. pp. 134-142 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Wijnhoven, F, Dietz, P & Amrit, C 2012, Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research. in MD Hercheui, D Whitehouse, WJ McIver Jr. & J Phahlamohlaka (eds), ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 386, IFIP, Amsterdam, pp. 134-142, 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33332-3_13

Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action : Concepts and Research. / Wijnhoven, Fons; Dietz, Pim; Amrit, Chintan.

ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings. ed. / Magda David Hercheui; Diane Whitehouse; William J. McIver Jr.; Jackie Phahlamohlaka. Amsterdam : IFIP, 2012. p. 134-142 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 386).

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Wijnhoven F, Dietz P, Amrit C. Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research. In Hercheui MD, Whitehouse D, McIver Jr. WJ, Phahlamohlaka J, editors, ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings. Amsterdam: IFIP. 2012. p. 134-142. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33332-3_13

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