developing a smart city essentials, execution and evaluation

2018 ◽  
pp. 416-428
Author(s):  
Jude James ◽  
Kazeem Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Comprehensive Development

Adoption of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) especially the internet is becoming the largest delivery podium for providing public and private services to the rural and urban populace. This paper adopted the Narrative Textual Case Study (NTCS) using qualitative approach to conduct content analysis of relevant literature. The study observed that over 50% of mankind occupies urban spaces and this will increase to two third by 2050. This situation is as a result of the opportunities that are available in the cities and it spells great challenges on environment, energy need, waste management, etc. Cities are responsible for nearly three quarters of greenhouse gases worldwide and must be seen to be a solution providers too. Hence to maintain high standard of living for the long term cities as well as nations must reduce ecological footprint and seek alternatives to scarce fossil resources. This requires comprehensive development of physical, institutional, social and economic infrastructure. Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy driven mechanisms are essentials for development of Smart Cities.

Information Architecture For IS Function

2016 ◽  
pp. 1302-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Carriço ◽  
João Varajão ◽  
Vítor Basto Fernandes ◽  
Caroline Dominguez
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
Context Information ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Service Centre ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Business Requirements

Today's complex, unstable and competitive society raises several difficulties to organisations. In this context, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and information itself have become resources of vital importance. The pressing need for Information Systems (IS) to meet several business requirements, in addition to the complexity involved in technology and business management, turns the IS Function one of the main areas of influence for success of modern organisations. Through its capacity of representing activities, management objects and corresponding relations, the Information Architecture of the Information Systems Function (IAISF), a technique derived from the well-known Information Architecture but exclusively focused on the Information Systems Function (ISF), allows not only the conceptualization and understanding of the ISF itself, but also of its interactions with other areas within organizations. This paper presents the main results of a case study related to the application of the IAISF technique in a computer service centre of a University.

ICT and eGovernance

2013 ◽  
pp. 115-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos Manolopoulos ◽  
Dimitris Sofotassios ◽  
Paul Spirakis ◽  
Yiannis C. Stamatiou
Keyword(s):  
Secure Communication ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
The Body ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Communications Technologies

One of the cornerstones of Democracy is the participation of citizens in decisions that affect their lives. This participation, traditionally, is exercised: a) through national elections and the body of representatives, and b) through binding procedures such as referendums. However, there are decisions that affect citizens’ everyday lives that require more frequent, day to day participation. Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) can create fast and secure communication channels, enabling politicians and citizens to engage in a mutually rewarding interaction leading to the development eDemocracy. However, lack of trust either between politicians and citizens or lack of trust of citizens towards ICT can raise barriers to this opportunity. In this chapter we discuss the issue of trust among government, citizens, and ICT. Our view is that it is nowadays possible to, at least, handle effectively the citizen-ICT facet of trust and provide the drivers for the convergence of eGoverment and eDemocracy realizing the concept of eGovernance. As a case study we present our experiences from the design and implementation of an eVoting system, which has the same strong relationship with eGovernance as traditional elections have with Governance.

A Case Study of Public Servants Engaged in E-Consultation in Australia

2011 ◽  
pp. 759-772
Author(s):  
Lucas Walsh
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Local Form ◽  
Political Democracy ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Elected Representatives

This article examines some of the challenges faced by local government during the development and implementation of a relatively new area of e-democratic innovation in Australia: e-consultation. E-consultation is seen as a valuable way through which a two-way relationship can be developed and enhanced between citizens and elected representatives. It involves the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), such as the Internet, to extend and/or enhance political democracy through access to information, and to facilitate participation in democratic communities, processes, and institutions. Drawing on a case study of the Darebin eForum in Victoria, Australia, this article focuses on the role of public servants as moderators of this local form of e-consultation. The discussion has three parts: online policy consultation is defined within the context of e-democracy; some of the ways that e-consultation challenges the roles of the public service, elected representatives, and citizens are outlined; and the author then argues for an e-consultation strategy that is situated within a continuum of citizen engagement that is ongoing, deliberative, educative, and inclusive.

The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Preventing Election-Related Violence in Kenya, 2013

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horacio R. Trujillo ◽  
David Elam ◽  
Gabriel Shapiro ◽  
Malcolm Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Mass Violence ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

Abstract Leading up to the Kenyan presidential elections of 2013, observers around the world were preoccupied by the potential for mass violence similar to that which erupted following the 2007 presidential election. Yet, the 2013 elections were largely unmarred by violence. A notable characteristic of the Kenyan 2013 elections was the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in various public and private efforts to address the threat of violence related to the elections. In our exploration of how ICT contributed to the mitigation of election-related violence in the 2013 Kenyan elections, we find useful the models of violence as contagion and collective efficacy as essential for violence prevention.

scholarly journals Digital Innovation Hubs as a Tool for Boosting Biomass Valorisation in Regional Bioeconomies: Andalusian and South-East Irish Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Marta Macias Aragonés ◽  
Gloria de la Viña Nieto ◽  
María Nieto Fajardo ◽  
David Páez Rodríguez ◽  
James Gaffey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
Communication Plan ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Biomass Valorisation ◽  
Irish Case ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Regional bioeconomy development is directly linked to the availability and access to bioresources. Therefore, it is necessary to trigger opportunities for information and communications technologies (ICTs), the Internet of things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 solutions to increase the efficiency of high potential value biomass supply chains, improving this way the accessibility of bioresources. This study aims to present the results achieved through the development of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) as a tool able to boost biomass valorisation, reshaping regional bioeconomy. The objective was to shape these DIHs and assess how stakeholders could be engaged and benefit from such initiatives. This has been attained through the design and implementation of DIHs in two case-study regions, Andalusia (Spain) and south-east Ireland (Ireland). The approaches and results for stakeholders’ engagement, barrier mitigation, DIH structure and activities are presented. So far, more than 100 stakeholders have been engaged, more than 50 business opportunities have been promoted and a set of support services and events have been carried out. Main lessons learned are (1) about the relevance of understanding the needs of stakeholders, (2) impact is bigger when relevant regional industries (rather than academia/technology providers) discuss the technologies they have integrated and how these have improved efficiency or added value to their processes, and (3) about the importance of the communication plan and a well-formed DIH service definition.

Research and Policy Making: Fields Apart in a Complex World?

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-405
Author(s):  
Mariano Aguirre
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Revolving Doors ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Evolution Dynamics ◽  
The Relationship

The debate about how to influence policy and how useful policy is for decision-makers is related to the evolution, dynamics and interaction among ways to do politics; the role of the state; the role of different social and political actors; the relationship between public and private approaches to academia; and the influence of communications technologies. These are the actors and factors that operate in the complex reality of international politics. The speed of modern politics and the role of media pundits work against the long-term academic perspective. Fastness and complexity, superficiality and deepness compete in the policy-making field creating gaps, revolving doors and competition.

scholarly journals A Novel Application Based on a Heuristic Approach for Planning Itineraries of One-Day Tourist

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 8989
Author(s):  
Agostino Marcello Mangini ◽  
Michele Roccotelli ◽  
Alessandro Rinaldi
Keyword(s):  
User Interaction ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Intelligent Cities ◽  
The City

Technological innovations have revolutionized the lifestyle of the society and led to the development of advanced and intelligent cities. Smart city has recently become synonymous of a city characterized by an intelligent and extensive use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in order to allow efficient use of information. In this context, this paper proposes a new approach to optimize the planning of itineraries for one-day tourist. More in detail, an optimization approach based on Graph theory and multi-algorithms is provided to determine the optimal tourist itinerary. The aim is to minimize the travel times taking into account the tourist preferences. An Integer Linear Programming (ILP) problem is introduced to find the optimal outward and return paths of the touristic itinerary and a multi-algorithms strategy is used to maximize the number of attractions (PoIs) to be visited in the paths. Finally, a case study focusing on cruise tourist in the city of Bari, demonstrates the efficiency of the approach and the user interaction in the determination of the itinerary.

scholarly journals The implementation of “The St. Gallen Model for Destination Management (SGDM)” in the Polish Carpathians: A case study of six Bieszczady communes

Turyzm ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Klimek
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Polish Carpathians ◽  
Cultural Amenities ◽  
Common Vision

The Bieszczady mountains are one of the ranges of the Polish Carpathians. Their natural and cultural amenities attract thousands of Polish and international tourists each year. Despite many protected zones existing in this area (e.g. Bieszczadzki National Park, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Nature 2000 areas), the Bieszczady mountains face various environmental and social problems which have arisen from their dynamic but often chaotic tourism development. The lack of a common vision of long-term tourism development (on communal and regional levels) is one of the main challenging issues which public and private bodies are confronted with. The paper presents the results of the implementation of an innovative approach, i.e. the St. Gallen Model for Destination Management (SGDM), in selected Bieszczady communes. This method offers a clear advantage for key destination actors by allowing them to enter a process of holistic destination management. The article is the first attempt at SGDM application in Poland.

The leadership of ICT coordinators: A distributed perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322097971
Author(s):  
David Woo
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Teaching Load ◽  
Organizational Unit ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Communications Technologies

Educational leadership is essential to implement information and communications technologies in schools but the leadership practice of information and communications technologies coordinators, a position role that supports teachers to implement information and communications technologies, appears limited. The present study applies a distributed perspective to leadership and investigates aspects of information and communications technologies coordinator context that would facilitate leadership. Twenty-seven information and communications technologies coordinators were surveyed on their schools’ structures and mechanisms that mediate their leadership practice. Descriptive statistics show that a wide range of structures and mechanisms in different quantities and with different qualities can be available to coordinators. The majority of coordinators have neither additional position roles nor a teaching load, but the coordinators have organizational unit assignments and attend daily, routine interactions. A case study illustrates how specific structures and mechanisms would facilitate leadership for information and communications technologies implementation. It is recommended to design an information and communications technologies coordinator role as a formal position role, for a school to employ more than one information and communications technologies coordinator, and to develop an information and communications technologies coordinator’s teaching load, organizational unit assignments and routine interactions according to school needs. Several possible populations of information and communications technologies coordinators are identified for further research.

Mobile Telephony, Public and Private Planning and Regulation

2011 ◽  
pp. 150-169
Author(s):  
Deborah Peel ◽  
Greg Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Mobile Telephony ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Uk

The global connectivity, experience and opportunities afforded by the expansion of modern informational mobility is particularly evident in the sustained expansion of mobile, cell and smart phones which are held to offer important social and economic benefits to individuals, businesses and governments. In practical terms, these are held to provide greater spatial mobility and connectivity, whilst potentially contributing to economic competitiveness, social emancipation, and territorial cohesion. Yet, the invisible connectivity afforded by such devices necessitates a visible physical infrastructure in rural and urban localities. This chapter discusses the technological, environmental and socio-economic implications of providing a mobile telephony infrastructure through a case study of the land use planning regulatory framework in the UK. Specific reference is made to Scotland which introduced statutory planning regulation in the public interest. This chapter explores the theoretical dimensions of the regulatory challenge of mobile telephony from a public and private perspective.

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