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Discusses opportunities in the development of policies to use space technology for the improvement of life on earth.

Examines methodologies and research for the development of ontological foundations for data mining.

Looks at the effect of information technology on fields such as politics, education, sociology, and technology.

Collects advanced research on the development, use, application, and influence of information technology in standardization techniques in the international corporate market.

Surveys the main concepts, methods, and practices of personalized information retrieval and access in the distributed environment. This work provides students, researchers, and practitioners with coverage of technological advances that shape globally distributed information retrieval and anywhere, anytime information access.

Presents effective software engineering methods for the design and development of modern Web-based applications. This work offers scholars, researchers, and practitioners research on the theoretical frameworks, structures, management, and implications software engineering for modern Web applications.

Combines information on the use of videoconferencing technology in the field of education.

Takes a global approach to the diverse ethical issues evoked by information and communication technologies and their possible resolutions. This book describes the problems and possibilities of genuinely global information ethics, which are needed as information and communication technologies continue their exponential growth.

Provides researchers and practitioners with information on advances and developments in e-business models and technologies. This book covers a variety of topics, such as e-business models, e-business strategies, online consumer behavior, e-business process modeling and practices, and electronic communication adoption.

Produces research results to show that even regional SMEs in developed countries have low e-commerce adoption rates, and that strategic alliances by SMEs play a key role in overcoming the low adoption rate.

Explores the social implications and challenges of e-business. It investigates how the rapid development of the Internet and e-business shapes, and is shaped, by various social forces. It highlights the difficulties and challenges involved in applying e-business technologies and principles in public services and other non-business activities.

Compiles research on the design, implementation, and behavioral aspects of e-collaboration technologies for use by both individuals and groups.

Presents a comprehensive reference source on ethical and security issues relating to technologies. This title includes topics such as computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property and education.

Walks readers through the various factors important to developing, evaluating and implementing an open, flexible and distributed learning environment. This book is designed as a quick checklist for e-learning. It contains many practical items that the reader can use as review criteria to check if e-learning modules, courses and programs provide the level of services that learners should expect.

Considers the role of urban, regional and infrastructure planning in achieving sustainable urban and infrastructure development, providing insights into overcoming the consequences of unsustainable development.

Presents case studies on the issues surrounding technology transfer and diffusion, trends and developments, and economics and policies as they relate to these technologies. This book is suitable for academics, students, policy-makers and professionals interested in advancing their knowledge of nanotechnology and microelectronics.

Demonstrates how strategies and ICT have and/or could be applied to serve as a vehicle to advance disaster management approaches, decisions and practices. This book provides both a conceptual and practical guidance to disaster management while also identifying and developing effective and efficient approaches, mechanisms, and systems.

Addresses the need for companies to take a holistic and strategic approach towards material and energy efficiency, emission and waste reduction, recycling, stakeholder engagement, and legal compliance.

Characterizes the nuanced communication, relational, and practical dynamics that characterize virtual working in contemporary organizations. This work addresses virtual teams, peer relationships in virtual work, mentoring, vertical mobility, diversity in the virtual workspace, productivity and the postmodern aesthetic, and more.

E-government research has flourished as a way of disseminating information and providing services to citizens ever since the popularization of the Internet. Although there have been tremendous advancements in the world of e-government, critical evaluations on the effectiveness of such methods have yet to be determined. Citizens and E-Government: Evaluating Policy and Management examines the role that citizens play in the development of electronic government or e-government, specifically focusing on the impact of e-government and citizens while exploring issues of policy and management. This book not only focuses on the adoption of e-government and its impact on citizens, but it also discusses the effectiveness of this technology as a way of improving citizen access and engagement with their government. Overall, this book is essential for those interested in the importance of citizens in information technology adoption and development of electronic government.

Provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of technologically enabled educational environments and various issues concerning education and collaborations across the world, while also focusing on best practices and experiences from a varied range of countries.

Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest case driven research findings to improve understanding of interprofessional possibilities through e-learning at the level of universities, networks and organizations, teams and work groups, information systems and at the level of individuals as actors in the networked environments.

Presents the development of DSS for managing agricultural and environmental systems, focusing on the exposition of innovative methodologies, from web-mobile systems to artificial intelligence and knowledge-based DSS, as well as their applications in the various aspects from harvest planning to international food production and land management.

Suitable those who work in higher education, this title collects the stories that are told by some 40 professionals from all across the English-speaking world, detailing their theoretical and practical perspectives on the impact technology has had and can have on the learning experiences of higher education graduates.

Assists researchers, practitioners, and the users of assistive technology to augment the accessibility of assistive technology by implementing human cognition into its design and practice. This book presents assistive technology as an intervention for people with disabilities from a transdisciplinary perspective.