Information and communication technologies for humanitarian services
This book provides new developments, innovations, and research outcomes; case studies and lessons learned; and other considerations for the creation and deployment of effective ICTs to provide humanitarian services for the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in the world in order to impr...
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Stevenage
Institution of Engineering and Technology
2020
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| Series: | IET telecommunications series ;
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| ISBN: | 1785619977 9781785619960 1785619969 9781785619977 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Information and communication technologies for humanitarian services |c edited by Muhammad Nazrul Islam |
| 264 | 1 | |a Stevenage |b Institution of Engineering and Technology |c 2020 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2020 | |
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| 490 | 1 | |a IET telecommunications |v 89 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 506 | |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty | ||
| 520 | |a This book provides new developments, innovations, and research outcomes; case studies and lessons learned; and other considerations for the creation and deployment of effective ICTs to provide humanitarian services for the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in the world in order to improve their lives. It contains contributions from researchers, professionals in humanitarian assistance, postgraduate students, and from academia and industry, with varied backgrounds working in the area of ICTs and humanitarian services. The chapters are particularly designed as a series of independent modules, whereas each chapter explores some aspect of humanitarian services through ICTs. Topics of this book include connectivity and communications technologies for humanitarian services; ICTs in disaster mitigation, relief, and recovery; humanized and inclusive education; technologies for the women, disabled, and aged populations; IoT, big data, and blockchain for humanitarian engineering; adopting and adapting ICTs in humanitarian sectors; and other technological advancements for humanitarian assistance | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- About the editor -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation for this book -- 1.2 Overview of chapters -- References -- 2. Where are the women? How to design information and communication technology to be inclusive of women and girls in humanitarian settings -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Know the starting point for women and girls -- 2.3 Systemic barriers to inclusive access -- 2.4 Sample studies on inclusion: Lebanon and Uganda -- 2.4.1 Ownership and possession -- 2.4.2 Barriers to use -- 2.4.3 Affordability/prohibitive cost | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.4.4 Disapproval: restrictive social norms/security and safety -- 2.4.5 Relevance and literacy -- 2.4.6 Access matters -- 2.5 Recommendations: design for inclusivity -- 2.5.1 Build an inter-disciplinary team -- 2.5.2 Woman-and girl-centered design -- 2.5.3 Consider guiding principles -- 2.5.4 Mind the gap (assess locally) -- 2.5.5 Address the barriers (do not treat male culture over women's as the accepted norm) -- 2.5.6 Focus on women and girls' participation -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3. Profound technologies: towards exploring the technological disruption and the challenges for a more humanized and inclusive education -- 3.1 Analysis of technology as cultural anthropology -- 3.2 Modernity and postmodernity: an incomplete cultural transition -- 3.2.1 Main characteristics of modernity -- 3.2.2 Positive macro consequences of modernity -- 3.2.3 Negative macro consequences of modernity -- 3.2.4 The idea of postmodernity -- 3.3 The context of technological disruption and the challenges of humanization -- 3.3.1 Main characteristics of disruptive technologies | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3.3.2 A deeper look into disruptive technologies -- 3.3.2.1 Technological disruption -- 3.3.2.2 Intelligent cities -- 3.3.2.3 Collaborative economies and work automation -- 3.3.2.4 AI and education -- 3.4 Two reference models to explain the dynamics of the globalized world -- 3.4.1 The pedagogical circuit model of knowledge management -- 3.4.2 The 5R model -- 3.5 The 3D man and the new pyramid of needs -- 3.6 Reflections on a humanized and inclusive appropriation of technologies in society, culture and education -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4. New frontiers of human wisdom: information, communication and consciousness empowered decision-making under the broader realm of reality -- 4.1 Neural network-assisted information system dynamics for business decision-making -- 4.1.1 Data interface of SD-ANN -- 4.1.2 Decision interface -- 4.1.3 Direction for future research -- 4.2 Science of cognitive consciousness and decision-making: a convergent systemic interface to ANN and GA -- 4.2.1 Dynamics systems approach towards cognitive consciousness -- 4.2.2 GA: consciousness gene | |
| 590 | |a Knovel |b Knovel (All titles) | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Humanitarian assistance. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Information technology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cryptography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Disasters. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Distributed databases. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Educational technology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Emergency management. | |
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| 655 | 9 | |a electronic books |2 eczenas | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Nazrul Islam, Muhammad |c (Associate professor), |e editor. |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJHjRxV9Q9XvKgHbGYycX | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |t Information and communication technologies for humanitarian services |d Stevenage : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020 |z 9781785619960 |w (DLC) 2020445357 |w (OCoLC)1202886903 |
| 830 | 0 | |a IET telecommunications series ; |v 89. | |
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