Knowledge-Based Development for Cities and Societies

Integrated Multi-Level Approaches
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-61520-721-3
Verlag: Information Science Reference

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1321 g

Knowledge-Based Development for Cities and Societies: Integrated Multi-Level Approaches enlightens the concepts and challenges of knowledge management for both urban environments and entire regions, enhancing the expertise and knowledge of scholars, researchers, practitioners, managers and urban developers in the development of successful knowledge-based development policies, creation of knowledge cities and prosperous knowledge societies. This reference creates large knowledge base for scholars, managers and urban developers and increases the awareness of the role of knowledge cities and knowledge societies in the knowledge era, as well as of the challenges and opportunities for future research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Metaxiotis, Kostas

Carrillo, Francisco Javier

Yigitcanlar, Tan

Über Autor(innen)

Kostas Metaxiotis is an assistant professor at the University of Piraeus and has been the senior advisor to the secretary for the Information Society in the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance since 2004. He has wide experience in knowledge management, artificial intelligence, object-oriented knowledge modeling, inference mechanisms, e-health, and e-business. He has published more than 70 scientific papers in various journals and conferences, such as the Journal of Knowledge Management, the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management & Practice, the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Management & Data Systems, and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Dr. Metaxiotis is a member of editorial boards and a reviewer for several leading journals in the field and has been a member of the program committee for several international conferences. Since 1996 he has been participating in various European Commission (EC)-funded projects within Tacis, Phare, MEDA and IST programs as senior ICT consultant and manager. Since 2007 he has been serving as an external evaluator of EC-funded ICT projects.