The sustainability of telework: an ecological-footprinting approach
This paper demonstrates the importance of a comprehensive framework to assess how telework affects sustainability. Sustainability-policy evaluation rarely considers substitution effects despite broad recognition that overall lifestyles must be analyzed to gauge how policy-induced behavioral changes...
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| description | This paper demonstrates the importance of a comprehensive framework to assess how telework affects sustainability. Sustainability-policy evaluation rarely considers substitution effects despite broad recognition that overall lifestyles must be analyzed to gauge how policy-induced behavioral changes translate into net environmental impact. Case-study data indicate that telework has far-reaching, complex, and varied effects on lifestyle practices, with potentially important environmental implications. Because adjustments occur across numerous consumption categories, the assessment of telework’s environmental dimensions must move beyond single-issue studies and single-dataset analysis. Ecological-footprint analysis, in combination with qualitative data, can suggest solutions to sustainability problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb0a28e1f96b4faebb5d743dfddae7b32022-12-21T18:10:39ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy1548-77332006-07-0121314The sustainability of telework: an ecological-footprinting approachMarkus MoosJean AndreyLaura C. JohnsonThis paper demonstrates the importance of a comprehensive framework to assess how telework affects sustainability. Sustainability-policy evaluation rarely considers substitution effects despite broad recognition that overall lifestyles must be analyzed to gauge how policy-induced behavioral changes translate into net environmental impact. Case-study data indicate that telework has far-reaching, complex, and varied effects on lifestyle practices, with potentially important environmental implications. Because adjustments occur across numerous consumption categories, the assessment of telework’s environmental dimensions must move beyond single-issue studies and single-dataset analysis. Ecological-footprint analysis, in combination with qualitative data, can suggest solutions to sustainability problems.http://ejournal.nbii.org/archives/vol2iss1/0511-020.moos.htmlenvironmental impact sourcescommutingenvironmental policyhuman-environment relationshipenvironmental assessmentcase studies |
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| title | The sustainability of telework: an ecological-footprinting approach |
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| title_short | The sustainability of telework: an ecological-footprinting approach |
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