ICT for promoting human development and protecting the environment : 6th IFIP World Information Technology Forum, WITFOR 2016, San José, Costa Rica, September 12-14, 2016, Proceedings /: 6th IFIP World Information Technology Forum, WITFOR 2016, San José, Costa Rica, September 12-14, 2016, Proceedings. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: WITFOR 2016
• Further Information: Note: Francisco J. Mata, Ana Pont (eds.).
• Editors: Mata, Francisco J; Pont, Ana
• Other Names: World Information Technology Forum, 6th
• Contents: The Role of ICT to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) -- Principles for Re-Designing Information Systems for Environmental Sustainability -- Automated Plant Species Identification: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment Monitoring Using Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Technologies: A Case Study of the Odd-Even Rule for Pollution Control in Delhi -- Challenge to Promote Deep Understanding in ICT -- Computer Animation as a Vehicle for Teaching Computational Thinking -- Transforming Low Socioeconomic Status Schools to Learning for Well-Being Schools -- Transformative Applications of ICT in Education: The Case of Botswana Expansive School Transformation (Best) Project -- Identification of Design Patterns for Serious Games in an Educational Videogame Designed To Create Awareness on Dengue and Malaria Fever -- A Community Assets Infrastructure for the Secure Use of Mobile Computing Devices in the Rural Health Landscape -- Progressing toward Digital Equity -- Telecenters for the Future in Tea Estates of Sri Lanka.-Mobile Internet Tariff Models: Technical or Political Decisions? A Costa Rican Case Study -- guifi.net: A Bottom-Up Initiative for Building Free Telecommunication Infrastructure -- Typifying Mechanisms for Gender Digital Equity in Latin America -- Women in ICT: Opportunities for Their Inclusion in an International Labor Market -- Can E-Commerce Provide a Solution to the Coffee Paradox?: The Case of Costa Rica -- Innovation and Governance: The Role of Sharing Economy -- e-Bridge 3.0: A Strategic Approach to Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges in Costa Rica -- ICT and Citizen Efficacy: The Role of Civic Technology in Facilitating Government Accountability and Citizen Confidence -- Promoting Quality E-government Solutions by Applying a Comprehensive Information Assurance Model: Use Cases for Digital Signature -- Emergence and Ubiquity in the Smart Cities.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 004; Computer science; Information technology -- Congresses; Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Congresses; Technology transfer -- Developing countries -- Congresses; Education; Sustainable development; Information technology; Information technology -- Economic aspects; Technology transfer; Education -- Computers & Technology; Computers -- Data Processing; Science -- Environmental Science; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); Information technology: general issues; Sustainability; Computers -- Information Technology; Information retrieval; Developing countries; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319444475; 3319444476
• Related ISBNs: 9783319444468; 3319444468
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 7, 2016).
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