Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry

Ympäristöllisen kestävyyden heikkeneminen on yksi merkittävimmistä uhista elämälle maapallolla. Biodiversiteetin kaventuminen, ilmastonmuutoksen kiihtyminen, ympäristösaasteiden lisääntyminen, napajäätiköiden sulaminen ja merenpinnan nousu vähentävät laaja-alaisesti elämisen mahdol...

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Main Author: Kuusela, Antti
Other Authors: Informaatioteknologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Information Technology, Informaatioteknologia, Information Technology, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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description Ympäristöllisen kestävyyden heikkeneminen on yksi merkittävimmistä uhista elämälle maapallolla. Biodiversiteetin kaventuminen, ilmastonmuutoksen kiihtyminen, ympäristösaasteiden lisääntyminen, napajäätiköiden sulaminen ja merenpinnan nousu vähentävät laaja-alaisesti elämisen mahdollisuuksia nyt ja tulevaisuudessa. Ympäristöllisen kestävyyden kannalta metsillä on erityisen tärkeä rooli hiilinieluina ja monipuolisina elinympäristöinä. Tästä johtuen metsäteollisuuden, metsänomistajien ja julkisten organisaatioiden toiminnalla on keskeinen vaikutus metsien ja ympäristön kestävyyden tukemisessa. Digitalisaatio ja tietojärjestelmät ovat vauhdittaneet ilmastonmuutosta ja luonnon resurssien ylikäyttöä. Tätä kehityskulkua vasten ympäristötietojärjestelmien tutkimus pyrkii edistämään organisaation prosesseja, käytäntöjä ja toimintaa sekä niiden kokonaisvaltaista hallintaa, jotta liiketoiminnasta syntyviä haitallisia vaikutuksia voitaisiin minimoida ja ympäristöllistä kestävyyttä tukea tietojärjestelmien avulla. Koko organisaation kattavien järjestelmien ohella tarvitaan ketteriä, tehokkaita ja joustavia käytännön sovelluksia ympäristötavoitteiden saavuttamiseksi. Yhdistämällä nämä ulottuvuudet ja tavoitteet, tässä tutkielmassa tarkastellaan droonien hyödyntämistä tietojärjestelmäartefakteina sekä niiden sosiaalisia, teknologisia ja informationaalisia ominaisuuksia ympäristöllisen kestävyyden tukemiseksi Suomen metsäteollisuudessa. Viitekehyksenä sovelletaan tietojärjestelmäartefaktin käsitettä, toiminnallisten käyttömahdollisuuksien lähestymistapaa, luonnollista resurssiperusteista näkökulmaa, kolmen pilarin malliin perustuvia ympäristötavoitteita sekä institutionaalista teoriaa. Empiirisenä perustana hyödynnetään laadullista monitapaustutkimusta, jota varten haastateltiin 13 asiantuntijaa metsäsektorilta, droonipalvelu- ja IT-konsultointiyrityksistä sekä ympäristöhallinnosta käyttämällä puolistrukturoitua haastattelumenetelmää. Löydökset osoittavat droonien soveltamisen tietojärjestelmäartefakteina tukevan ympäristöllistä kestävyyttä metsäsuunnittelun, metsätuotannon, metsänomistamisen ja ympäristöhallinnan prosesseissa ja tehtävissä. Drooneja voidaan käyttää täsmällisissä, kustannustehokkaissa ja reaaliaikaisissa tiedonkeruun ratkaisuissa. Toisaalta teknologiset, lainsäädännölliset sekä tiedonhallintaan, olosuhteisiin ja saatavuuteen liittyvät rajoitteet heikentävät droonien käytettävyyttä. Drooniratkaisut toimivat edistyksellisinä organisaation prosessien, menetelmien ja yhteistyön kehitysalustoina ympäristöllisen kestävyyden tukemisessa. The degradation of environmental sustainability is one of the most significant threats to life on earth. Biodiversity loss, acceleration of climate change, increased environmental pollution, melting of polar ice caps and sea level rise are reducing living possibilities widely now and in the future. For environmental sustainability, forests have a particularly important role as diverse carbon sinks and habitats. Therefore, the activities of forest industry, forest owners and public organizations has a central impact in supporting the sustainability of forests and environment. Digitalization and information systems have contributed to acceleration of climate change and overexploitation of natural resources. Against this progression, green information systems research aims for improving organization's processes, practices and activities and their comprehensive management in order to minimize harmful effects caused by business operations and support environmental sustainability with information systems. Along with organization-wide systems, agile, effective and flexible applications in practice are needed to achieve environmental goals. By combining these dimensions and objectives, the utilization of drones as information system artifacts and their social, technological and informational characteristics are observed in this study to support environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry. As a framework, the concept of information system artifact, approach of functional affordances, natural-resource-based view, eco-goals based on triple bottom line and institutional theory are applied. For the empirical foundation, qualitative multiple-case study is utilized for which 13 experts were interviewed from forest sector, drone services and IT consulting companies and from environmental governance by using semi-structured interview technique. The findings indicate that applying drones as IS artifacts supports environmental sustainability in the processes and activities of forest planning, forest production, forest ownership and environmental governance. Drones can be employed for accurate, cost- efficient and real-time data collection solutions. However, the restrictions concerning technological, legislative, data collection, conditions and availability weaken the applicability of drones. Drone solutions as progressive development platforms facilitate organizational processes, practices and collaboration in supporting environmental sustainability.
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title Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry
title_full Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry
title_fullStr Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry
title_full_unstemmed Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry
title_short Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry
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title_txtP Drones as information system artifacts supporting environmental sustainability in Finnish forest industry
topic green information systems environmental sustainability functional affordances natural-resource-based view institutional theory information system artifact ympäristölliset tietojärjestelmät ympäristöllinen kestävyys toiminnalliset käyttömahdollisuudet luonnollinen resurssiperusteinen näkökulma institutionaalinen teoria tietojärjestelmäartefakti Tietojärjestelmätiede Information Systems Science 601 kestävä kehitys metsäteollisuus metsät miehittämättömät ilma-alukset sustainable development forest industry forests unmanned aerial vehicles
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