Networked communities strategies for digital collaboration /

• Main Author: Albert, Sylvie.
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Flournoy, Don M., LeBrasseur, Rolland.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Information society.; Community leadership > Technological innovations.; Communication in politics.; Community development > Technological innovations.; Communication in economic development.; Computer networks > Social aspects.; Citizen empowerment; Democratic participation; Digital collaboration; Digital culture; Digital infrastructure; Economic development; Information communication technologies; Knowledge workforce; Networked communities; Public policy reforms; Sustainable innovations; User-centered networks
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xvi, 328 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 159904773X (ebook); 9781599047737 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Today, information communication technologies, such as the Internet and World Wide Web, are inextricably woven into the fabric of social and economic development. These changes are happening locally as well as globally, and the impact is transformational everywhere. This book looks at best practices in building sustainable community development to explain not only how but why. It contains extensive referencing and sophisticated analysis in the ways communities are using information communication technologies to secure a more prosperous future.