Computation for Humanity

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Sustainability through Computation

Azam Khan and Kasper Hornbæk

CONTENTS

3.1 Overview

3.2 Introduction

3.3 Sustainability

3.3.1 Environmental Footprint

3.3.2 Ecological Economics

3.3.3 Infrastructure Trap

3.3.4 Summary

3.4 Computation

3.4.1 Global Symbiotic Simulation

3.4.2 Sustainability Strategies

3.4.3 Computation for Elective Consumption

3.4.4 Computation for Imposed Consumption

3.4.5 Ways Forward

3.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

3.1 Overview

This chapter describes how computation can support individuals, groups, and societies in living sustainably. By sustainability, we refer primarily to the Earth’s capacity to support human, animal, and plant life while sustaining our planet’s existing climate ...