Telematics for the Community? An Electronic Village Hall for East Manchester

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Ducatel ◽  
P Halfpenny
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Urban System ◽  
New Information ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Rare Opportunity

Visions of the information city are mainly driven by the economic development potential of new information technology (IT). The role of information systems in community development remains relatively less well explored. The establishment of a municipal information system in Manchester, HOST, aimed directly at small businesses and community groups, provides a rare opportunity for a direct empirical investigation of IT policies for community development. The proposal for ‘electronic village halls’—community IT resource centres—in East Manchester is examined for clues on emerging best practice for such community IT initiatives. It is concluded that current policies which concentrate resources into a few centres are antithetical to the spirit of information network formation, and create barriers to future development in information flows. In addition, policies to develop information networks in the community should be grounded in the interest groups in the urban system. This requires closer coordination between grass-root needs and the agencies which initiate development projects.

Knowledge Management

2013 ◽  
pp. 94-117
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Communication In Organizations ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Knowledge Communication

The chapter reviews the definitions of knowledge and distinguishes it from data and information. Different perspectives of knowledge and their implications for knowledge management are also discussed. From this, the concepts of knowledge management are explained, first, in generic terms, second, as a process, and third, on its relevance to construction. The chapter also defines the basic types of knowledge, those that are tacit or explicit and those that relate to the individual or the organization in a collective form. Project knowledge is discussed in the context of construction, including barriers to knowledge management, the shortcomings of current practices, and how the industry is addressing the problems identified. Communication is key to effective knowledge management, and the chapter discusses the importance of knowledge sharing, including the main factors involved when individuals share knowledge, and knowledge communication and its barriers. Specifically, the central role of communication in organizations is emphasized as it is seen as the foundation for most organizational actions. Learning is discussed in two aspects – organizational learning and collaborative learning. The first aspect is dealt with in generic terms, while the second aspect relates mainly to construction projects. The requirements and problems of learning in construction projects is given focus. The chapter also explains the crucial link between knowledge management and innovation since the latter depends on the generation of new ideas or new knowledge that leads to the development of new products or organizational practices. For integration of knowledge among individuals or teams, the pivotal role of information systems is explained. The relevance of knowledge management to SMEs, especially its impact on small businesses, in enabling them to innovate to meet changing demands in an intense competitive environment is also explained. The chapter concludes with a summary of the main points covered on knowledge management.

scholarly journals Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies: a Conceptual Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haya Ajjan ◽  
Stefanie Beninger ◽  
Rania Mostafa ◽  
Victoria L. Crittenden
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Role Of Information

Cyberfeminism is a woman-centered perspective that advocates women’s use of new information and communications technologies for empowerment. This paper explores the role of information technologies, in particular the role of social media, in empowering women entrepreneurship in emerging economies via increased social capital and improved self-efficacy. A conceptual model is offered and propositions are explicated.

scholarly journals EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH MOBILE AND WEB BASED APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (9(SE)) ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
R. Rajan ◽  
G. Jayashri
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Application Technology ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Grass Root Level ◽  
Role Of Information

This paper recommends that there is an important role of Information Technology in the field of women empowerment such empowerment could easily be seen higher in the Urban and rural Tamil Nadu. There is high time for providing training for the women with the support of the administration for strengthening the National Computer literacy Mission. There must be the provision of allocation of budget and funding for testing conceptual framework at the grass root level to assess the effectiveness of empowering women through Information Technology. In India, women face enormous challenges with respect to health, education, and economic empowerment. For example, maternal mortality and malnutrition remain major problems, about third of women are unable to read and write, and economic opportunities are limited by pervasive discrimination and lack of access to market information. Mobile innovation is transforming lives for the better for women in a variety of ways across India. We recognize that the scaling of women-centered mobile programs and applications can only be achieved with improved financial, commercial, and marketing incentives and of course, cooperation. Thorough mobile application training we hope make a start – by financially supporting and recognizing innovative mobile and Web based applications and their potential in a public forum.

scholarly journals Development of Economic Integration in the Central Yangtze River Megaregion from the Perspective of Urban Network Evolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan He ◽  
Zhijing Sun ◽  
Peng Gao
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Network Evolution ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
Transportation Accessibility ◽  
Proxy Measurement

Megaregions are the new engines of global and regional economic growth, and they often are considered a principal urbanization platform in China. To understand megaregional processes’ responses to China’s regional policies, this study focused on two aspects of integration development in the Central Yangtze River megaregion between 2000 and 2014: The internal collaborative networks using enterprises’ headquarters-branch locations as a proxy measurement and the role of regional transportation in the integration networks. Based on a three-step network analysis, the Central Yangtze River megaregion was increasingly similar to a polycentric urban system with Wuhan, Changsha, and Nanchang as the dominant service cities, and there were some indications of a preliminary urban network formation. However, integration development remained a government-led administrative process with administrative boundaries that significantly influenced the network structure. A panel regression analysis further suggested that transportation accessibility to the three central cities was the key determinant of network participation for the peripheral cities compared to economic performance. This work contributes to the debate on the hierarchical-administrative properties of China’s megaregions and transportation implications of the economic integration process.

scholarly journals Current and Future Costs of Intractable Conflicts—Can They Create Attitude Change?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimrod Rosler ◽  
Boaz Hameiri ◽  
Daniel Bar-Tal ◽  
Dalia Christophe ◽  
Sigal Azaria-Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Jewish State ◽  
New Information ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Cost Economic

Members of societies involved in an intractable conflict usually consider costs that stem from the continuation of the conflict as unavoidable and even justify for their collective existence. This perception is well-anchored in widely shared conflict-supporting narratives that motivate them to avoid information that challenges their views about the conflict. However, since providing information about such major costs as a method for moderating conflict-related views has not been receiving much attention, in this research, we explore this venue. We examine what kind of costs, and under what conditions, exposure to major costs of a conflict affects openness to information and conciliatory attitudes among Israeli Jews in the context of the intractable Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Study 1 (N = 255) revealed that interventions based on messages providing information on mental health cost, economic cost, and cost of the conflict to Israeli democracy had (almost) no significant effect on perceptions of the participants of these prices, openness to new information about the conflict, or support for conciliatory policies. However, the existing perceptions that participants had about the cost of the conflict to Israeli democracy were positively associated with openness to alternative information about the conflict and support for conciliatory policies. Therefore, in Study 2 (N = 255), we tested whether providing information about future potential costs to the two fundamental characteristics of Israel, a democracy or a Jewish state, created by the continuation of the conflict, will induce attitude change regarding the conflict. The results indicate that information on the future cost to the democratic identity of Israel significantly affected the attitude of the participants regarding the conflict, while the effect was moderated by the level of religiosity. For secular participants, this manipulation created more openness to alternative information about the conflict and increased support for conciliatory policies, but for religious participants, it backfired. We discuss implications for the role of information about losses and the relationship between religiosity and attitudes regarding democracy and conflict.

scholarly journals The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Formation of an Inclusive Education System

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.36) ◽  
pp. 1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Titkova ◽  
V. V. Efremenko ◽  
A. M. Osipova ◽  
Yu. I. Zhemerikina
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

The present article discusses the role of information and communication technologies in inclusive education in accordance with government policies and the need to obtain equal access to quality education. Also, the possibilities and advantages of ICT and their aids in optimizing learning environment are described. Particular attention is focused on the role of new information technologies in this kind of training, and their advantages and disadvantages are listed 

Urban Transformation as a Desiring Machine: The Role of Information Flows during Urban Transformation in Turkey’s Informal Settlements

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-402
Author(s):  
Gizem Aksümer
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Process Channel ◽  
The Media ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Machine Work

This paper aims to demonstrate that information activates the desire flows and makes the urban transformation machine work. It focuses on understanding how urban transformation currently works as a Deleuzian machine, rather than focusing on how it is implemented. The main focus is to map the trajectory of the word flows through the narratives. First of all technical knowledge flow through media texts and official public statements take their place in the urban transformation process. Technicians and scientists inform that we need to implement the urban transformation process. Then the media starts to glorify the urban transformation process representing how beautiful the new houses are. Finally in informal neighborhoods (which are entitled as gecekondu in Turkish urban system) the word flows transform into rumor flows. These rumor flows, which are ignored during the planning process, channel desire flows, making certain spaces more or less attractive and affect the whole transformation process.

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