Introduction to Regional Sustainable Development in the Information Society

Author: Cheng Jicheng
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: The book is divided into three parts and an appendix, totaling four major sections. Part I covers the concept and connotation of sustainable development, with four chapters, mainly introducing the origin of sustainable development and its basic concepts, elaborating on how sustainable development is the inevitable path for societal progress and a timeless theme of social development. Second Part discusses the theoretical core of sustainable development, with nine chapters, focusing on discussions on sustainable development in the modern information society, including sustainable development for humans, society, economy, education and technology, scientific management, and leapfrog development, among other issues. Third Part is dedicated to information technology for sustainable development, with six chapters, specially discussing information technology issues related to sustainable development, such as evaluation systems, indicator data, distributed database construction, networking and information sharing technology, as well as monitoring and control models and information systems. The last part is the appendix, which includes some important domestic and international materials and documents related to sustainable development.