Green Metaverse for Greener Economies

Sukanta Kumar Baral, Richa Goel, Tilottama Singh, Rakesh Kumar

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032638133
• eBook ISBN: 9781040046586
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

This book reviews Metaverse, the possibilities and difficulties of sustainable development, and policy suggestions, especially within the context of the 2030 Agenda.

Green Metaverse for Greener Economies examines how the metaverse holds the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions, whether through the replacement of physical goods with digital ones, the substitution of in-person interactions with virtual ones, or the creation of digital twins that will aid in the optimization of the physical world, from the planet to specific individuals thereby leading to sustainable world. The book includes a number of case studies, exploratory studies utilizing quantitative analysis, scientific studies, and qualitative studies to demonstrate how metaverse leading innovation and technology aids to achieve business sustainability in the emerging economies while also having an impact on the global economy (SDGs).

This book will be useful for engineers, managers, and policy makers working on improving sustainability and reducing their carbon emissions through more energy-efficient processes.

Features:

• Shares essential policy tools on innovation and technology for sustainable computing.
• Reviews metaverse, the possibilities and difficulties of sustainable development, and policy suggestions, especially within the context of the 2030 Agenda.
• Explores green technology concept, difficulties, and challenges ahead.
• Includes several case studies, exploratory studies utilizing quantitative analysis, scientific studies, and qualitative studies to demonstrate how metaverse leading innovation.
• Explores innovative technology in sustainable society like digital transformational, metaverse in business management, and innovative technology in healthcare.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Analysis of Barriers to Metaverse Adoption in the Banking Industry: An ISM Approach
• 2 Blockchain and Green Finance: The Way Forward
• 3 Conceptualizing and Integrating Gaming into Learning Activities in the Education Sector in the Metaverse
• 4 Digital Transformation and Talent Management
• 5 Empowering Tomorrow’s Workforce: Unleashing Human Potential with Digital-Driven Talent Management
• 6 Enhancing Organizational Performance in the Green Metaverse: An Analysis of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management
• 7 Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability and the Virtual World: Impact of Artificial Intelligence
• 8 Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability and the Virtual World
• 9 Hybrid Work Models, Metaverse Integration, and Talent Management Strategies: Navigating Post-Pandemic Realities
• 10 Managerial Decisions in Envisioning the Metaverse to Address COVID-19 Challenges in Human Resource Practices
• 11 Metaverse and Businesses: Future Scope and Challenges
• 12 Metaverse and Quality of Life
• 13 Metaverse Metamorphosis: From Pixels to Paradises in Tourism
• 14 Metaverse and Social Media for Sustainable Mental Health
• 15 Metawraps or Metatraps? Reaping the Tech Dividend—A Multiverse Impact
• 16 Mitigating Negative Externalities in the Metaverse: Challenges and Strategies
• 17 Metaverse: The Transformation of Customer Engagement with Brands in the Digital Age
• 18 Unleashing Innovation: Navigating India’s Startup Ecosystem in the Metaverse
• 19 Exploring the Synergy of Blockchain Technology and the Metaverse
• Index