Perspectives and implications for the development of information infrastructures [electronic resource] /
by Panos Constantinides.
- Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
- electronic texts (217 p.) : digital files.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction: historical review of infrastructure development -- 2. Perspectives on information infrastructures -- 3. A commons perspective to understanding the development of information infrastructures -- 4. The development of a regional health information infrastructure in Greece -- 5. The development of the English national health information infrastructure -- 6. Challenges to the development of information infrastructures: a synthesis of the findings -- 7. The governance of information infrastructures -- 8. New information infrastructure commons -- 9. The consequences of new information infrastructures -- 10. The role of the researcher in new information infrastructure research.
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"This book offers fresh new perspectives on information infrastructure development, using and adapting theory that was initially developed to study natural resource common arrangements such as inshore fisheries, forests, irrigation systems, and pastures particularly reviewing complex problems and social dilemmas that often arise in information infrastructures"--Provided by publisher.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781466616233 (ebook)
10.4018/978-1-4666-1622-6 doi
Information technology. Information networks. Information superhighway.
Challenges in information infrastructures Commons perspective Development of information infrastructures Integrated, standardized cities IT governance IT research and theory Knowledge management Longitudinal research Infrastructure ideal Urban planning