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Today, the global environment represents the most crucial issues we will have to face. Based on the principles of sustainable development, local residents, the government, local authorities and companies must cooperate under the banner of participatory local democracy, with nonprofit organizations (NPOs) playing a key role as junction points, to work toward the environmentally-friendly development of local communities. These local communities then need to be linked on a global scale to create a worldwide network for the development of a society that is geared towards preserving its environment. On this chapter, we consider on the interactive relationship between the market economy and technological development, and the evolution of information technology (IT) and the digital economy. Next, based on these trends, we will examine the relationship between the formation of a networked society and regional development. We will then go on to consider how IT and information networks can contribute to a new form of social development that is environmentally friendly.
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Sudoh, O. (2005). The Knowledge Network in the Digital Economy and Sustainable Development. In: Sudoh, O. (eds) Digital Economy and Social Design. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-26318-7_1
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