Digital Futures

This is a groundbreaking exploration of the social and environmental impacts and opportunities of the new economy. It brings together the leading thinkers and visionaries from the worlds of policy, business and academia in an insightful, vigorous and at times controversial examination of the impact e-commerce will have on the way we live and work, and on the environment on which we all depend.

Contents

Glossary
Figures, tables and boxes

Foreword by Jonathon Porritt

    Introduction
    Digital futures: an agenda for a sustainable digital economy
    James Wilsdon and Paul Miller

1  Mind over matter: greening the new economy
    Charles Leadbeater and Rebecca Willis
    Response: Evan Davis

2   E-topia? Scenarios for e-commerce and sustainability
    Malcolm Eames, Frans Berkhout, Julia Hertin, Richard Hawkins and Gordon Mackerron
    Response: Amory Lovins

3   Dot-com ethics: e-business and sustainability
    James Wilsdon
    Response: John Browning

4  Surfing alone? E-commerce and social capital
    Ben Jupp and Tom Bentley
    Response: Madeleine Bunting

5  Sink or surf? Social inclusion in the digital age
    Alex MacGillivray and David Boyle
    Response: Kevin Carey

6  Towards the sustainable e-region
    Ian Christie and Mark Hepworth
    Response: Jim Norton

7  Virtual traffic: e-commerce, transport and distribution
    Peter James and Peter Hopkinson
    Response: Stephen Joseph and Tara Garnett

8  Bricks versus clicks: planning for the digital economy
    Simon Marvin, Andrew Gillespie and Nick Green
    Response: Peter Hall
Index