ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INFORMATION-SYSTEMS - THE SIMILARITY

Application of information technology and environmental planning share two very important characteristics: they are both concerned with plan ning, evaluating, and directing human activity in a wider context, and this activity is multiaspectual, multimodal, and multidisciplinary in scope. Further, the ideal in both cases is sustainable, long-term act ivity that brings overall good rather than harm. This paper discusses the multiaspectual nature of environmental sustainability and shows br iefly how this understanding can be translated to the field of informa tion systems.