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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

SUMMARY 2

I. INTRODUCTION 3

II. SKETCHING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ICTS AND

SUSTAINABILITY 4

III. FIRST-ORDER ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ICTS 7

III.1 Manufacture 7

III.2 Supply chain 8

III.3 Use 8

III.4 Disposal 9

IV. SECOND-ORDER EFFECTS OF ICTS 9

IV.1 Efficiency gains through ICT use 10

IV.1.1 Intelligent production processes 10

IV.1.2 Intelligent design and operation of products and services 10

IV.1.3 Intelligent distribution and logistics 12

IV.1.4 Changing seller-buyer relationships 15

IV.1.5 Work organisation 16

IV.2 Critical issues 16

IV.2.1 The problem of ‘incomplete substitution’ 16

IV.2.2 Re-materialisation 17

V. THIRD ORDER EFFECTS OF ICTS 17

V.1 Structural change and resource use 17

V.2 The rebound effect 18

V.3 Life style changes 19

VI. CONCLUSIONS 19

VII. REFERENCES 21

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