Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development (AEGDDRD): 111 Volumes

Description

The successful use of digital technologies (including social media and mobile technologies) to provide public services and foster economic development has become an objective for governments around the world. The development towards electronic government (or e-government) not only affects the efficiency and effectiveness of public services, but also has the potential to transform the nature of government interactions with its citizens. Current research and practice on the adoption of electronic/digital government and the implementation in organizations around the world aims to emphasize the extensiveness of this growing field.

The Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide & Regional Development (AEGDDRD) book series aims to publish authored, edited and case books encompassing the current and innovative research and practice discussing all aspects of electronic government development, implementation and adoption as well the effective use of the emerging technologies (including social media and mobile technologies) for a more effective electronic governance (or e-governance).

Topics Covered

• Adoption of Innovation with Respect to E-Government
• Case Studies and Practical Approaches to E-Government and E-Governance
• Citizens Participation and Adoption of E-Government Provision
• Current Research and Emerging Trends in E-Government Development
• E-Citizenship, Inclusive Government, Connected Government
• E-Governance and Use of Technology for Effective Government
• E-Government in Developing Countries and Technology Adoption
• Electronic Government, Digital Democracy, Digital Government
• Emerging Technologies within the Public Sector
• Frameworks and Methodologies for E-Government Development
• ICT Infrastructure and Adoption for E-Government Provision
• ICT within Government and Public Sectors
• Issues and Challenges in E-Government Adoption
• Knowledge Divide, Digital Divide
• Online Government, E-Government, M-Government
• Public Information Management, Regional Planning, Rural Development
• Social Media, Web 2.0, and Mobile Technologies in E-Government
• Urban Development, Urban Economy

Editor(s) Biography

Zaigham Mahmood is a researcher and author. He has an M.Sc. in Mathematics, M.Sc. in Computer Science, and Ph.D. in Modelling of Phase Equilibria. Dr Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK, a researcher at the University of Derby UK, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University in South Africa. He is, currently, also a Foreign Professor at NUST Islamabad Pakistan.

Professor Mahmood has published over 100 articles in international journals and conference proceedings in addition to four books on cloud computing and two reference texts on e-government: E-Government Implementation and Practice in Developing Countries and Developing E-Government Projects: Frameworks and Methodologies. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of E-Government Studies and Best Practices and Series Editor-in-Chief of the IGI book series on Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide & Regional Development (AEGDDRD).

Professor Mahmood is an active researcher; he also serves as editorial board member of several journals, books and conferences; guest editor for journal special issues; organiser and chair of conference tracks and workshops; and keynote speaker at conferences. His research interests encompass subject areas including e-government studies, project management, software engineering, enterprise computing and cloud computing.

Editorial Advisory Board