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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nazrul Islam, Muhammad (Associate professor) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stevenage Institution of Engineering and Technology 2020
Colección:IET telecommunications series ; 89.
Temas:
Humanitarian assistance.
Information technology.
Cryptography.
Disasters.
Distributed databases.
Educational technology.
Emergency management.
Disasters
Educational Technology
Aide humanitaire.
Technologie de l'information.
Cryptographie.
Catastrophes.
Bases de données réparties.
Technologie éducative.
information technology.
disasters.
Information technology
Humanitarian assistance
Cryptography
Distributed databases
Educational technology
Emergency management
Big Data
cryptography
disasters
distributed databases
educational technology
emergency management
Internet of Things
social aspects of automation
humanitarian engineering
blockchain
big data
IoT
women
disabled population
aged population
humanized education
inclusive education
disaster recovery
disaster relief
disaster mitigation
humanitarian assistance
resource-constrained populations
vulnerable populations
humanitarian services
information and communication technologies
ICTs
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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