Information Systems and the Environment

Edited by Deanna J. Richards, Braden R. Allenby and W. Dale Compton, National Academy of Engineering

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Information Systems and the Environment: Overview and Perspectives; 3 The Information Technology Revolution and Industrial Ecology; 4 The Information Revolution and Sustainability: Mutually Reinforcing Dimensions of the Human Future; 5 Intellectual Property Rights in Data; 6 Information Systems within the Firm; 7 Improving Environmental Knowledge Sharing; 8 Using Environmental Knowledge Systems at DuPont; 9 Environmental Information Management Systems at Rhone-Poulenc; 10 Environmental Knowledge-Sharing in Manufacturing; 11 Modular Design for Recyclability: Implementation and Knowledge Dissemination; 12 Environmental Information in Supply-Chain Design and Coordination; 13 Simulation Models for Information Sharing and Collaboration; 14 Opportunities for Collaboration and New Technologies; 15 Industrial Research and Development Collaborations: Increasing Environmental Knowledge for Competitive Advantage; 16 InfoSleuth: An Emerging Technology for Sharing Distributed Environmental Information; 17 Public Access to Environmental Information; 18 Internet Global Environmental Information Sharing; 19 Knowledge Networking for Global Sustainability: New Modes of Cyberpartnering; 20 Biographical Data; 21 Index